Editing Issei (section)

== Notable individuals ==
{{see also|List of Japanese Americans}}
The number of ''issei'' who have earned some degree of public recognition has continued to increase over time; but the quiet lives of those whose names are known only to family and friends are no less important in understanding the broader narrative of the ''nikkei.''  Although the names highlighted here are over-represented by ''issei'' from North America, the Latin American member countries of the [[Pan American Nikkei Association]] (PANA) include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, in addition to the English-speaking United States and Canada.<ref>National Association of Japanese Canadians: [http://www.najc.ca/thenandnow/relations_pana.php PANA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218195725/http://www.najc.ca/thenandnow/relations_pana.php |date=18 February 2009 }}</ref>

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* [[Kan'ichi Asakawa]] (1873–1948), academic, author, peace advocate, historian and librarian<ref>DiscoverNikkei: [http://www.discovernikkei.org/wiki/index.php/Kanichi_Asakawa  Asakawa bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011084225/http://www.discovernikkei.org/wiki/index.php/Kanichi_Asakawa |date=11 October 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Norio Azuma]] (1928–2004), artist
* [[Jun Fujita]] (1888–1963), an early 20th century photographer
* [[Miki Gorman]] (1935–2015), a two-time winner of both the Boston and New York marathons<ref name=gorman>{{citation |last=Gorman |first=Miki |title=As the Miles and the Years Pass By  | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 October 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/sports/sportsspecial/30gorman.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1130988907-HWJm/2GFSQTf+zTvp/fMWg}}</ref>
* [[Midori Gotō]] (1971–  ), a violinist and recipient of the [[Avery Fisher Prize]]
* [[Makoto Hagiwara]] (1854–1925), a landscape designer often credited with having invented the fortune cookie<ref name=lee>{{citation |last=Lee |first=Jennifer 8. |title=Solving a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside a Cookie | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 January 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/dining/16fort.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1}}</ref>
* [[Sessue Hayakawa]] (1889–1973), an Academy Award-nominated actor
* [[Mazie Hirono]] (1947– ), an American politician<ref>U.S. House of Representatives: [http://hirono.house.gov/bio.shtml Mazie Hirono] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627015509/http://hirono.house.gov//bio.shtml |date=27 June 2009 }}.</ref>
* [[Shizuko Hoshi]], ''Shin-issei'' (Japanese born), actress
* [[Rena Inoue]] (1976–  ), a two-time U.S. National Champion pair skater<ref>International Skating Union: [http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005328.htm Rena Inoue] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603073639/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005328.htm |date=3 June 2004 }}. 15 April 2009.</ref>
* [[Shin Koyamada]] (1982– ), a Hollywood film actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and US martial arts champion<ref>Internet Movie Database: [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1259103/ Shin Koyamada].</ref>
* [[Fujitaro Kubota]] (1879–1973), an American gardener and philanthropist<ref>Appelo, Tim. [http://www.seattleu.edu/home/news_events/magazine/details.asp?elItemID=MAG_1177  "University of the Future: The physical transformation into a premier independent university,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308021840/http://www.seattleu.edu/home/news_events/magazine/details.asp?elItemID=MAG_1177 |date=8 March 2009 }} ''Seattle University Magazine''. Summer 2008.</ref>
* [[Yoko Ono]] Lennon (1933–  ) artist and musician.<ref>[http://imaginepeace.com/news/  Imagine Peace, Yoko Ono] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103012246/http://imaginepeace.com/news/ |date=3 January 2010 }}, 2009.</ref>
* [[George Masa]] (1881–1933), activist in creation of [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]]<ref>PBS: [https://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/people/behindtheparks/kephart-masa/ People Behind the National Parks, George Massa]</ref>
* [[Hikaru Nakamura]] (1987–  ), an American chess Grandmaster and five time United States Chess Champion.
* [[Yoichiro Nambu]] (1921–2015), a physicist and 2008 Nobel Laureate<ref name=pollard>{{citation |last=Pollard|first=Niklas |title=Two Japanese, American win 2008 physics Nobel  | work=[[Reuters]] |date=7 October 2008 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4963JJ20081007}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Ogura]] (1915–1983), an otolaryngologist; head and neck surgeon. Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. A pioneer in designing and teaching head and neck cancer surgeries. He authored over 200 original articles. Author of over 10 definitive textbooks in the field of head and neck oncology. Nisei (二世), with his California family interned during WW II. He was advised to move to the midwest to avoid internment becoming the chairman of otolaryngology; head and neck surgery at Washington University from 1960 to 1983.<ref name=ogura>{{Cite journal | last = Ogura | first = Joseph | title = Joseph H. Ogura and The American board of otolaryngology: Development of a specialist; Development of a specialty | journal = The Laryngoscope | year = 1992 | volume = 102 | issue = 5 | pages = 532–537 | doi = 10.1288/00005537-199205000-00012 | pmid = 1573950 | doi-access = free }}{{Cite news | last = Ogura | first = Joseph | title =  Dr. Joseph H.Ogura in Memorandum. | doi = 10.1002/jso.2930240202 }}</ref>
* [[Masi Oka]] (1974–  ), an Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominated American actor<ref>Internet Movie Database: [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1199811/ Masi Oka].</ref>
* [[George Shima]] (1864–1926), the first Japanese American millionaire.<ref name=hoobler>{{Citation | last = Hoobler | first = Dorothy and Thomas | title = The Japanese American Family Album | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1995 | page = [https://archive.org/details/japaneseamerican00doro/page/64 64] | isbn = 978-0-19-512423-1 | url = https://archive.org/details/japaneseamerican00doro/page/64 }}</ref>
* [[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]], ''Shin-issei'' (Japanese born), actor
* [[Takamine Jōkichi|Jōkichi Takamine]] (1854–1922), a Japanese chemist<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEWWW/Features/eChemists/document.php?chemid=20| title = "Biographical Snapshots: Jokichi Takamine,"| access-date = 30 June 2009| archive-date = 8 February 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208035251/http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEWWW/Features/eChemists/document.php?chemid=20| url-status = dead}} {{cite web| url = http://www.jce.divched.org/AboutJCE/publications.html| title = ''Journal of Chemical Education.''| access-date = 30 June 2009| archive-date = 28 April 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120428064514/http://www.jce.divched.org/AboutJCE/publications.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* [[Tamlyn Tomita]], actress; ''Sansei'' on father's side and mother is Japanese/Filipina 
* [[Miyoshi Umeki]], (May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007) was a Japanese-American singer and actress. Umeki was a Tony Award- and Golden Globe-nominated actress and the first East Asian-American woman to win an Academy Award for acting from the 1958 film, [[Sayonara]] as well as Mei Li in the Broadway musical and 1961 MGM film Flower Drum Song, and Mrs. Livingston in the television series The Courtship of Eddie's Father. She was a shin Issei, or post-1945 immigrant from Japan.<ref name="Oscars1958">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958 |title=The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-21|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
* [[Takuji Yamashita]] (1874–1959), an early civil-rights campaigner<ref>{{cite web|title=Takuji Yamashita|url=http://www.law.washington.edu/GatesHall/art.aspx|website=Art Work|publisher=[[University of Washington School of Law]]|access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref>