a reputation for sound corporate citizenship, and being an active community supporter. Aloha Shoyu was presented with a video produced by JN Productions at the event, which included an interview with Brian who talked about how Aloha Shoyu started and became the success it is today. ’ 77 Class Representative CURT OTAGURO cotaguro59@gmail.com (808) 586-0400 Norman Cotter and Peter Jenkins traveled from their homes in Oregon to visit Neal Kusumoto and his wife, Linda, for several days. Neal and Linda recently relocated from San Diego, California, to Seattle, Washington. The group kicked off the visit with dinner at a local Hawaiian restaurant and remembrances of good times at ‘Iolani.
’ 74 Class Representative ROBIN UYESHIRO menehune74@gmail.com
’ 80 Class Representative EARL CHING chingearl@hotmail.com (B) 808-561-2653 ’ 81 Class Representative SCOTT HIRASHIKI hirashikis@yahoo.com
From Robin Uyeshiro: Though he didn’t graduate with us, many of us remember Ronald Quong as a classmate. He recently appeared in Bob Sigall’s Honolulu Star- Advertiser column commenting on the restaurants his family ran. I recall attending his birthday at The Green Turtle, probably in fourth or fifth grade. It was the fanciest place I had ever been in at the time. Guy Tamashiro , who did make it to gradua- tion, is in the news again as the King of Sashimi at Tamashiro Market. He still looks good, being as old as the rest of us. ’ 75 Class Representative BRYAN WONG bmkwong1@aol.com ’ 76 Class Representatives MARK IMADA imadacfp@aol.com
(B) 808-946-4459 (C) 808-478-2734
Former ‘Iolani Athletic Trainer Blair Johnson and his wife, Lynn, as well as Steve and Bonni Wong , Eric and Delylah Lakemaker, Alexandra Wong, and Bernard Lakemaker gathered at the Wongs’ lake cottage in Three Rivers, Michigan, over the Labor Day 2024 weekend.
DUANE OKUMOTO duaneokumoto@hawaii.rr.com (C) 808-783-1450
’ 78 Class Representative ALAN YUGAWA palipalmsdental@aol.com (C) 808-225-6734 ’ 79 Class Representative ERNEST NOMURA enomura@honolulu.gov (B) 808-768-5120
The now annual Las Vegas Reunion Dinner of the Class of 1981 at Dr. Darren Soong ’s house happened in September 2024.
Third-generation Aloha Shoyu president Brian Tanigawa and his management team were honored to receive the 2024 Hawai‘i Japanese Chamber of Commerce Generational Award at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort’s Tapa Ballroom. The Generational Award recognizes businesses exemplifying the characteristics of being a locally owned company whose family spans at least two generations, having
Front: Randy Inaba, Lary Sakamoto, Ken Yonamine, and David Fujii. Back: Lincoln Oshiro, Gary Camp, Scott AuYong, Grant Muroda, and Dr. Darren Soong
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