Harry Takahide Daijó

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Harry Takahide Daijó was born in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná. He is the second son of Harry and Ligia Daijó. Married to Adriana Rodrigues Daijó for over 20 years, he has no children. He graduated in Law from the Bauru Law School and began his professional career with the Public Prosecutor's Office of the state of São Paulo, in the district of Bauru/SP. He has a postgraduate degree in Strategic Business Management (Executive MBA) from the University of São Paulo (USP) and in Forest Management from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). He holds a Bachelor's degree in History from Uninter.

Author of the articles “The urgency of learning Portuguese for Japanese immigrants in Brazil in the 1940s” and “Passages from Takahide Daijó’s life correlated with Tomoo Handa’s work ‘The Japanese Immigrant’”, both published in Caderno Intersaberes . He also wrote the article “Excerpts from the diary of Japanese immigrant Takahide Daijó related to his union with Rosa Kiguti”. In 2015, in partnership with his brother, Hedryk Genson Daijó, he published the book: An awakening: behind the scenes of a transplant (Editora Eureka). A businessman, Harry has been a managing partner of the company Expoagro – Exportadora Agropecuária Ltda. for 30 years.

Updated October 2024

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Oct. 18, 2024 • Harry Takahide Daijó

Talking about one’s own name may seem like a curious, almost intimate challenge. After all, our name is an essential part of who we are. Mine carries a story full of meaning, which I believe deserves to be shared. It all started with the immigrant Takahide Daijó, my dear “jiichan”, who left Okinawa in 1917. He embarked alone, weighing only 45 kilos and at the age of 14. He didn’t speak a word of Portuguese and set off for a …