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Victor & Esther Abe
Young & Eiko Amano
Anaheim Free Methodist Church
Shirley Chami
Russ Fukano
Glenn Furumura
Robert & Sumiko Hayamizu
Dee Ann Hayashi
Ernest Hiroshige
Fred & Irene Hoshiyama
Victor & Janice Huey
Kenji Irie
Bruce & Frances Kaji
Fusao Kawato
Lily & Dianne Kazahaya
Ikuko Kiriyama
Betty Kozasa
Katsumi Kunitsugu
Samuel & Jane Kurohara
Tim & Marion Manaka
Kaoru Matsumoto
Hideo & Yuri Matsunaga
Jon & Stephanie Matsunaga
Tom Matsunaga
Gary Mikuni

Lynne Abe
Alex H. Fukui
Eddie & Irene Hagihara
Mabel & Mark Harman
Arthur & Jennie Hasegawa
George Hayakawa
Brent & Coleen Hirokawa
John & Therese Hokoyama
Harry & Misako Honda
Eric Inouye
Kenneth & May Inouye
Kaye Ishida
Theodore Ishida
Patricia Ishida-Witscher
Tomio Ito
Kuwa Iwataki
Japanese American Citizens League Downtown Chapter
Suzy Katsuda
Iwao & Toyoko Kawakami
Mark Kiguchi
Alan & Dawn Kita
Steve & Akemi Knight

Dennis & Cindy Kunisaki
Laura & Jeremy Lee
Jim Matsuoka
Janet & Henry Minami
Jeff & Christine Murakami
Tad Nakashima
Mitsue Nishio
Sakae Okuda
Frank & Violet Omatsu
Sam Otsuji
Earl M. Oya
Tazuko Shibusawa
Melodee Smith
Lisa Sugino
Walter & Aiko Sumi
Gordon & Joan Tani
Lois Toyama
Gary Uyekawa
Yoshiyuki Yamahira
Gordon Yamamoto
Gary & Akemi Yano

Dale Baker
Marlene Berry
Centenary United Methodist Fujin Kai
Jeffrey Dohzen
Glenn Hamanaka
Sachi Imori
Earl Johnson
Kei & Elaine Kokubun
June Kuramoto
Jack Kuramoto
Noriko Lee
Takashi Makinodan
Gary & June Masada
Robert Matsushima
James & Patsy Matsushita
Lorene Miller

Harry Mitsuuchi
Kinuyo Kay Mori
Oda Family Charitable Foundation
Shirley Oka
John Okita
Aiko Sakai
Alan & Jean Shinseki
Shigeto Shintani
Cooke & Elaine Sunoo
Stacey Tanaka
Diana Tani
Union Church of Los Angeles
Bruce Uyemura
Amy Utsunomiya
Sandra Yamane
Norman & Nora Yamauchi

Julie Akahori
Richard Churchill
Ben & Toshiko Ebihara
Yukiko Foulds
Chester Hashizume
Seiji & Nell Itahara
Wayne Itoga
Thomas Jono
Mary Karatsu
Mark Kawauchi
Nancy Kikuchi
Greg & Mia Nishio Lockwood
Carol Matsunaga
Gary Monji
Setsuko Nakahara

Natalie Nakatani
Dorothy Nakatsui
Mary Oi
Wilfred Oshiro
Kazuo Ota
Merilynne Hamano Quon
Glenn & Donna Sanada
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Mike & Jill Tanaka
Junko Thompson
Gary & Marsha Watanabe
West Adams Christian Church- Women’s Fellowship
Paul Yokoyama
Ronald & Miye Yoshida

Yaeko Aihara
Don & Lynn Akamine
Anonymous
George & Sakaye Aratani
John Asari
Brown Foundation
Ben & Toshiko Ebihara
Everett & Gladys Endow
Gerald Fukui
Jennifer Goto
Mark & Mabel Harman
Icy & Janey Hasama
John & Betty Hatakeyama
Ken & Akiko Hiji
Tsugio & Betty Hiji
Fred & Irene Hoshiyama
Lloyd Inui
Alan & Alice Ishigame-Tao
Seiji & Nell Itahara
Bruce & Frances Kaji
Kuniko Kajikawa
Dick Kaku
May Kambara
Gene Kanamori
Mamoru Kanda
Ken & Bonnie Kasamatsu
Dennis & Janet Kobata
Rose Kobata
Shirley Komoto
Korean Resource Center
Akiko & Michael Lazare

Kathy & Mark Masaoka
Isabelle Miyata & Harrey Negoro
Tsuneo & Keiko Mizokoshi
John Nakaki
George Nakano
George & June Nakashima
Debra Nakatomi & Bob Miyamoto
Kathy Ninomiya
Richard & Jean Nishimoto
Alan Nishio
James & Mary Oda
Michael, Margie & Katherine Odanaka
Herb & May Okamoto
Daniel & Jeri Okamoto Floyd
Kazuo Ota
Russell Sakamoto
Sam & Kuniko Shimoguchi
Paul & Kay Shishima
Frank Soyejima
Ray & Sharon Sugiyama
Hirohisa Suzuki
Wallace & Hideko Takata
Frank & Mable Takenaka
Ken Toma
Kaz & Cynthia Uemura
Shiroko & Sara Urakawa
David & Donna Uyehara
Bill & Ruth Watanabe
Ruth Watanabe
Kathleen Yamamoto
Yoneo & Terry Yamamoto

Elsie Dozen
Fred & Irene Hoshiyama
May Kambara
Midori Kamei
Kinuyo Kay Mori
Norie Morita
Kayoko Morrey
Richard & Jean Nishimoto
Alan & Yvonne Nishio

$100,000+
California Emerging Technology Fund
The California Endowment*

$50,001 - $100,000
California Community Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospitals*
Pfaffinger Foundation
Zero Divide

$25,001- $50,000
The Annenberg Foundation
Asian Pacific Community Fund
Citi Foundation
Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Washington Mutual
Whitecap Foundation

$10,001- $25,000
California Department of Education, El Civics
Kazuto Yamamoto Charitable Trust Foundation
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Wachovia Foundation
Wells Fargo

$5,001-$10,000
Alzheimer's Association
Chinatrust Bank
The Green Foundation
Lloyd Kajikawa & Family
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Mizuho USA Foundation of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

$1,001- $5,000
Grace Andow
Aratani Foundation
Bank of the West
Cathay Bank Foundation
Consulate General of Japan
Dale and Edna Walsh (DEW) Foundation
Employees Charity Organization of Northrop Grumman
Enterprise Community Investment
Yoichi Hayashi
Philip & Barbara Ito
La Crescenta Nursery
Manufacturers Bank
Master Realty
David & Terri Mitani Family
Morgan Stanley Foundation
Alan & Yvonne Nishio
Daniel & Jeri Okamoto Floyd Family
Orange County Sansei Singles
Pasadena Seminar
Ralphs and Food for Less
Joh Sekiguchi
Sanford Spielman
Edward & Minnie Takahashi
The James Irvine Foundation
Bill & Ruth Watanabe
Westly Foundation
Judy Yu

$501 - $1,000
Yuma & Takayo Asakura
Chor Chai & Marie Tan Foundation
Steven & Atsuko Chang
Mieko Gishitomi Banks
Hoops for Friends
Dr. Rika Houston
JAL Pak
Mark M. Nakagawa Family
PCSC
Spicy Brown
Stephen Suzuki
Irene Takemori
Bessie Tanaka
Union Bank of California

$201 - $500
Kitty Adomovic
Yuma & Takayo Asakura
Central Parking System
Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California
Steven & Atsuko Chang
Ken & Bonnie Kasamatsu
Wai Sang & Yueh Po Kuan
Vien Le
Shiro Masuda
Mikawaya
Miyako Hotel Los Angeles
Mutual Trading Co.
Nichi Bei Fujin Kai
Ogawa Realty & Investment Group
Kumiko Otani
Dahlia Persoff
Ryugakusei Hotline
Kaoruko Sato
Joe Soong
Ryan Suda
Edwin Takahashi
Masaru & Cathy Tanaka
Tetsu & Kathlene Tanimoto
Ansho Uchima
Brett & Susan Yoshimura

Up to $200
Advanced Parking Systems
Toshiko Aiboshi
Jim & Elena Azama
Azusa Pacific University
Henry Borenstein
Yi Bing Chen
Debra Cherry
Wil & Janet Chew
Christ Presbyterian Church of Hollywood
Kam & Grace Chu
Ben & Liliana Cook
Matt Crochet
Richard Dawson
Samuel Demonteverde
John & Atsuko Donley
Sarah Dotterweich
John Esaki & Amy Kato
Minako Shirai Ferrante
Akira & Atsuko Fujimoto
Kathleen Fujimoto
Junko Morimoto Fujita
Shizue Fujita
Donald & Martha Fujitani
June Fukuhara
Morio & Grace Fukuto
David & Toshiko Fusato
Brandt Fuse
Gardena Buddhist Church
Gardena Valley Baptist Church
Peter Gee
Susan Gin-Shaw
Yasunori & Nancy Gohata
Donna Graves
Mike & Polly Green
Faye Griffith
Kiyoko Hallenberg
Takako Hanada
Yoshiro & Sharon Harada
Tomihiko Haruta
Curtis & Yuri Hashimoto-Uyeda
Ike & Ruth Hatchimonji
Sam Hayakawa
Frank & Betty Hiji
R.M. & Susan Hirasuna
Reid, Amy & Satomi Honjiyo
Bryan & Kathryn Hori
Yaeko Hosobuchi
Machiko Hughey
Nobuko Ike
Kay Ikeda

Up to $200 continued

Douglas Ikemi
Yoshi Inose
Shinji & Sawae Inouye
John & Colette Isawa
Chie Iseri
Fujiko Ishikawa
Darin & Sabrina Ishimatsu
Yoko Isobe
Yoko Itabashi
Ichiro Ito
Henry & Setsuko Itow
Robert Iwasaki
Harold & Carol Iwata
Shigenobu Kabashima
Bruce & Frances Kaji
Alice Kaku
Richard & Mary Karasawa
Jean Kato
Noboru & Etsuko Kato
Hideo & Julie Kawaguchi
Harry & Jane Kawahara
Rosa & Tadahide Kawahira
Masaru Kent Kawai
Paul & Virginia Kawakami
Raymond & Mariko Kawamoto
Osami Kawamura
Mook Yong, Donna & Caroline Kim
Helen Fumi Kimura
Rusty Kimura
Sun King
Steve & Akemi Knight
Harold & Reiko Kobata
Yoshikazu & Aiko Kobayashi
Kumiko Kondo
Reiko & June Kondo
Kroger
Walt & Machiko Kuida
Jack Kunitomi
Katsumi Kunitsugu
Eric Kurimura
Haru Kuromiya
Masao Kushigemachi
Mitsuo & Keiko Kushigemachi
Scott Kushigemachi
Sally Lew
Melody Li
Lighthouse Career Encourage USA Corp.
Serena Lin
King & Shiu Chiung Liu
Naoharu & Mariko Magami
Morley & Sue Matsuda
Masao & Elaine Matsumoto
Hiroshi Matsumura
Yuri Matsuo
Daniel Mayeda
Cheryl McDonald
Edwin & Eiko Mitoma
James Mitsumori
Harry Mitsuuchi
Amy Miyakawa
Toshi Miyamoto
Victor & Meriko Miyamoto
Jackie Miyauchi
Mariko & Ray Motoyama
Tak & Grace Murase
Albert Muratsuchi
Katsuko Nagatsuka
Yoshiko Nakajima
Yoko Nakamura
Amy Nakano
Ayako Nakatani
David & Lily Nakatani
Henry Nierodzik
Cyril Nishimoto
Shigeto & Masako Noda
David & Mary Noguchi
Hiroko Oizumi
Tom & Shirley Okayama
Ray & Mieko Onodera
Shosaku & Yukiko Oseki
Wayne & Andrea Oshiro
Bill Osumi
Jean Otani
Ted & Yoko Pagador
Benton Pang
Siti Pasinah
Miyako Phillips
Gene & Kazuko Pinkerton
Isidro Rosalinas
Diane Rosedale
David Darrell Rzepinski
Michio & Kyoko Saito
Sindy Saito
Bradley & Allyson Sakai
Kazuo Sakomizu
Janet Sakomoto
Motoko Saneto
Kaoruko Sato
Paul Shiba
Raymond & Sharon Shibata
Noriko Shibata
Bruce & Diane Shimano
Glenn & Millie Shimizu
Sei Shimoguchi
Shigeko Shimokubo
Noriyuki Shiomi
Tak & Roberta Shiroma
Stone-Tapert Financial & Insurance Services LLC
Alan Sugano
Kuniyo Sum
Fred Suto
Terue Sutton
Richard & Noriko Suzuki
Victor & Takako Suzuki
Chiyo Suzukida
Jun Taira
Carol Takafuji
Patricia Takanashi
Sachiko Takasaki
Chiyoko Takemoto
Margaret Takimoto
Chizu Tanaka
Diane Tanaka
Stacey Tanaka
Roy Tanimine
Paul Taylor
Edward & Karen Toguchi
Sumiko & Seiichi Toma
Dorothy Tsuboi
Akinori Tsuchiya
Jean Ushijima
Terry & Sam Uyehara
Alden & Teruko Uyemura
John & Carli Vandervort
Liz Guerra Vasquez
Robert Volk
Ken Wada
Keiko Watanabe
Alma Watanabe
Hirohisa & Gina Watanabe
Craig & Gayle Wong
John Wright
Nobuko & Jun Yamada
Joe & Chizuko Yamagawa
David Yamamoto
Harry & Betty Yamamoto
Toshiko Yamamoto
Yukiko Yamamoto
Jane Yamashita
Sally Yamashita
Yamato Travel Bureau
Michael & Lily Yanagita
Janice Yen
Mark Yoshida
Etsuko Yoshioka

*LTSC serves as fiscal agent for funds.
Note: LTSC event supporters are not included on this list.

Matthew Chu
Irene Schoon

Fred Dohzen
Elsie Dozen

Y.F. Fujikawa, M.D.
Alice Fujikawa

Isao Hane
David & Diane Matsumoto

Minoru Hori
Edward Gartland
LTSC Staff

Chizue Kaku
Judy Matsuzaki

Larry Kazahaya
Lily Kazahaya
Dianne Kazahaya

Fred & Naoko Kubota
Kathleen Kubota

Matt Matsuda
Fuji Matsuda

Michiko Murakami
Terue Nishino

Frank Ninokawa
Kaneko Ninokawa

Judy Nishimoto
Mary Miyaji

Fujiye Nishimuro
Amy Sadao

Teru Nishino
Betty Kobata

Shingo & Kimiye Noritake
Marlene Berry

Hiro Ogawa
The Ogawa family

Lily Toshiko Okamoto
The Okamoto family

Virginia Okamura
Michael & Barbara Chang
Edward & Joyce Iwasaki
Kent & Lisa Miyoshi
Randy Okamura
Sylvia Samano
Francois & Christine Vecchio
Jeffrey Yoshioka

Hirotaka Okubo
Yukino Harada

Jack Okuda
Sakae Okuda

Judy Nishimoto Aguilar-Ota
Paul & Ruth Kadota
Kathy & Mark Masaoka
Kazuo Ota

Joe Powell
James Leewong

Henry Sakai
Aiko Sakai

Toh Shiroishi
Toki Shiroishi

Shiro Takemoto
Keith Miyake

Cynthia Wong
Greg & Mia Nishio Lockwood

Michael Yuzuki
Julie Mah
Margaret Tomoki Oyanagi

Hatsue Shimizu
Betty Itakura

Joan Toguchi
Linda Bingham
Carolyn Funatsu
Veronica Miyakawa
Janice Nishioka
Sharon Ogata
Lily Ohara
Hideko Sansui
Ginger Takahashi

Yuki  Fredrich
Robert & Suzanne Toji

The Gee Family
Barbara Goldberg

Masaji Hatae (80th on 08/08/08)
Yoshiro Harada

Mariko Kahn
Louise Simon

Lloyd Kajikawa
Cayleen Nakamura

Larry Katata
Dana & Masami Matsuno

David Nagano
Jack & Louise Nagano

Bill Watanabe
Bruce Saito

Betty Yamashiro
Kyoko Motoyama