Kevin Charles Keizuchi
Kevin Charles Keizuchi is the Founder of “The Shinsei Movement” an Instagram-based bulletin board that disseminates activities and events related to Japanese and Japanese American Culture within Southern California to a broader audience. He is also an active community leader in Little Tokyo for various organizations and is a member of the Japanese Consul General’s LA Next Generation Japanese American Leadership Initiative. He is also the grandson of Chris Naito of Little Tokyo Leasing and Sales, an active Little Tokyo community leader during the 90’s. Kevin’s mission is to honor his grandmother’s legacy through community activism.
Updated April 2024
Stories from This Author
Yo! This is Who I Am: Kevin Charles Keizuchi of The Shinsei Movement—Part 2
April 25, 2024 • Kevin Charles Keizuchi
Read Part 1 >> “So where did you come from? Like you just kind of appeared out of nowhere. What’s your origin story?” Throughout the years I would pop in and out of events like the Tofu Festival and Nisei Week, but it wasn’t till around 2017 when I first got involved with the Go For Broke Torchbearers via my cousin Nicole Cherry, the 2003 Nisei Week Queen. The inaugural group hosted people like Roy from Japangeles, Randy Masada, Philip …
Yo! This is Who I Am: Kevin Charles Keizuchi of The Shinsei Movement—Part 1
April 24, 2024 • Kevin Charles Keizuchi
If information is power, then shouldn’t we all strive for all the people in our community to feel powerful? “So how long does it usually take?” I ask. “Maybe, three and half to four hours. Depends on the size of the body.” replies Gerry Fukui as he stands just out of eye shot of my grandmother, Chris Naito, in her oversized IKEA cardboard box. He said she wouldn’t have wanted him to see her this way. Even after death her …
