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I recently found out, just in this year of 2025, that I am around a rokusei or nanasei nikkeijin. I am a Filipino with Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Dutch ancestry. It’s only this year that I’ve started identifying myself with the term ‘multiracial’. My ancestor probably came from Nagasaki and migrated to Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte in around the 1840s-1890s. The passed-down story that I would like to share from my grandmother is as follows. As a 10-year-old, she (Lola Pilar) would live with her cousin (both they and their many other shared cousins would live in their shared household, under the care of their grandmother). One time, her cousin, Lolo Mario, received a ichimatsu kyou-ningyou doll from his parents. Then, he used it to make takot (scare) my grandmother because of how eerily still the expression was on this doll. This doll, in particular, was not robed in the traditional kimono, but was dressed in pyjamas, according to what my grandmother has shared with me. Also, my great-great-grandmother (my grandmother’s grandmother) had requested from her adopted child, Mang Asyon, to go to Okinawa, work there, and while working, buy an authentic kimono (it was purple, according to my grandmother’s words) from there. Sadly, this kimono is no longer in my grandmother’s possession, so it cannot be inherited by me. Still, just the thought of having this story is my own version of personal inheritance. I inherited her kimono through this story. Sometimes, I wonder what my great-great-great-great-(etc.)-grandfather felt before and after he moved to the Philippines. What was he like? What was his name? Unfortunately, I’m not sure how to retrieve records, because the Philippines is quite famous for its storms and natural calamities, which could have resulted in the destruction of such records. As for my interests, I like to listen to Kero Kero Bonito, Perfume, Ginger Root, Ena Mori, and even before I had been told by my own Lola or grandmother about our Japanese ancestry, I’ve deeply connected to the culture beyond pop culture like anime and manga. I’ve been studying the Japanese language, my ancestral language, since I was 13 years old, and now I have plans to study in a language school in Japan, my ancestor’s motherland. I’m a visual artist under the name Eurikaileidoscope. As an artist, I love to explore themes related to identity through making angel-like characters. I would say I strongly identify as a BIPOC, and I do advocate against colorism through my artworks. The picture on my profile is a doll that I’ve made,though I’ve commissioned it from a doll-making business. Her name is Tamsy (short for Tamsin)… I’ve named her Tamsin because she has a twin named Mimi (short for Naomi). I’m looking forward to have her soon!
Gwen Muranaka is an award-winning author, journalist, and newsroom manager with experience in both the U.S. and Japan. She was recognized in 2023 with a Distinguished Journalist Award by the Society of Professional Journalists, Greater Los Angeles chapter, and was named a 2024 Pioneer by the Nisei Week Foundation. For over 20 years, she served as Senior Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, America’s largest bilingual Japanese/English newspaper, overseeing editorial and production, and leading its transition to hybrid operations during the COVID pandemic. Muranaka serves on the boards of the Little Tokyo Community Council, Nichibei Fujinkai, Society of Professional Journalists LA Chapter, and Zentoku Foundation. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UCLA and attended the Art Institute and later studied Waseda University. She worked at The Japan Times as an editor, writer, and cartoonist, and was previously assistant editor of Pacific Citizen. In 2023, she published her first book, Drawing by Heart, a collection of cartoons and cross-cultural commentary. She maintains that community newspapers are the front line of information and must continually evolve to reflect the diversity of its readers.
Third generation Nikkei, lives in São Paulo, Brazil.
Born in Foz do Iguaçu, western Paraná state, Brazil, he is the second son of Harry and Ligia Daijó. Married to Adriana Rodrigues Daijó for over 20 years, no children. Graduated in Law from the Bauru Law School - Toledo Educational Institution - ITE (06/24/1995), he began his professional career with the Public Prosecutor's Office of the state of São Paulo, in the District of Bauru/SP, under the guidance of Dr. Heitor Evaristo Fabricio Costa and Dr. João Costa Gomes. Postgraduate degree in Strategic Business Management (Executive MBA) - University of São Paulo - USP (08/15/2012) and also in Forest Management - Federal University of Paraná - UFPR (05/03/2019). Bachelor's degree in History from Uninter. Author of the articles "The urgency of learning the Portuguese language for Japanese immigrants in Brazil in the 1940s", published in Caderno Intersaberes (Curitiba, v. 11, n. 33, p. 37-56, 2022) and "Passages from Takahide Daijó's life correlated with Tomoo Handa's work 'The Japanese Immigrant'", published in Caderno Intersaberes (Curitiba, v. 12, n. 40, p. 6-24, 2023) - both in partnership with Prof. Dr. André Luiz Moscaleski Cavazzani. He also wrote the article "Excerpts from the diary of Japanese immigrant Takahide Daijó related to his union with Rosa Kiguti". He also has an international certification in environmental auditing by IEMA, a participant of ORCID (Connecting Research and Researchers). In the first half of the 90s, he was the guitarist and vocalist of the rock band LEXHARE and in the second half, he was president of the Progressive Party in Foz do Iguaçu. Between 2004 and 2006, together with journalists Andye Iore and Fábio Linjardi, he wrote regularly for the "anti-news" blog Factorama. 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. He founded the companies Expoagro SA, Iguassu Agronegócios Ltda., Rádio Foz-Lago Comunicadora Ltda. and Arte Final Cosméticos Ltda. He also founded the Association of Young Iguaçu Broadcasting Entrepreneurs (AJEIR) and the Panorama Artistic-Cultural Association. He was a partner in the SPE Construction and Incorporation of the Omoiru Building Ltda. and in the companies Riobase Mining Ltda. and Daijó & Filhos Import and Commerce Ltda. He is a partner in the companies Sysmob Technologies Ltda., Biogranos Monitor, Itoman Asset Management Ltda., Amadeus Real Estate Development Ltda. and Figueira da Foz Real Estate Development Ltda.
I am a Peruvian Nikkei of Okinawan descent, I am interested in Photography, Genealogy and Okinawan Culture
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