Obituaries

Misaka (Dec. 21, 1923-Nov. 20, 2019) Misaka, 95, the Utah-born Nisei and the first nonwhite and first Asian American professional…

Kashiwagi (Nov. 8, 1922-Oct. 29, 2019) Kashiwagi, 96, of San Francisco, died just days short of his 97th birthday. The…

Matsubayashi (March 28, 1970-Sept. 4, 2019) Matsubayashi, 49, a longtime staff member of the Little Tokyo Service Center who rose…

Marutani (March 14, 1947-Nov. 27, 2019) Marutani, 72, had a long history with the JACL, culminating with the presentation of…

Kajihara (March 12, 1928-Dec. 3, 2019) Kajihara, 91, a resident of Camarillo, Calif., was born in Oyster Bay, Wash., to…

Bannai (July 4, 1920-Sept. 14, 2019) Bannai, 99, served in the California Assembly from 1973-80 and was the first Japanese…

Adachi (Aug. 29, 1959-Feb. 22, 2019) Adachi, 59, was at the time of his death serving as San Francisco’s public…