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KATSUO HIGUCHI, a Brazilian Nisei, was born in the city of Pompéia, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, but spent his childhood until he was 12 years old in Tupã, another city in the same state. He has lived in the capital, São Paulo, for many years, where he graduated in Law, married a Nisei, and has 3 children and 2 granddaughters. Practically his entire professional life has been focused on the area of Human Resources, where he specialized in dealing with “people”, his passion. He was an executive, director and businessman. Another passion he has always had was “writing”. Since he was young, he contributed to school and company newspapers and, sometimes, he dared to send articles to newspapers in the Japanese community of SP, which were published daily. He has been contributing to the newspaper NippoBrasil for some time now and, recently, he had the pleasure of being accepted as a Contributor to Discover Nikkei.
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.
Silvia is a Brazilian Nikkei who has been a Nima-kai member since 2009. She started sharing her experiences as an exchange student in Japan on Discover Nikkei in May 2009.
湊川 スエリー明菜 Sueli Akina Minatogawa. Half Japanese from father's side and half Italian-German from mother's side.
Brazilian-born Japanese. Roots in Okinawa Prefecture.
Antonio Kotaro Hayata is Nissei who was born in São Paulo and graduated in Law for São Paulo Catholic University (PUC-SP), MBA in Finance (FIA/USP). Today, he is in Japan, working at Kyodai Remittance responsible for the Brazilian market and the Nikkei Network, and in parallel as a legal translator and interpreter. He is a Lawyer from graduation, but finance executive by choice, where he led a career almost entirely focused on financial institutions, always connected with Japan. Crazy for sports in general, especially running and soccer. After the Covid-19 Pandemic, he discovered a new passion in road bike.
20 years old, currently living in Guarulhos, São Paulo. Son of Marlon Miyazato and Patricia Vidal.
Junior Chamber International (JCI) is a non-profit organization of active young citizens between the ages of 18 and 40 who are committed and involved in making an impact in their communities. JCI members are active citizens from all walks of life who embrace new ideas, collaboration, and diversity. Active citizens are people who care about the future of our world. Our projects include partnerships with other organizations, focused on more social and cultural issues, but also on the development of our members themselves.
I enjoy spending time at bookshops, taking nice walks, trying new recipes, and travelling to many different places in my free time. The most significant experience in my life was when I lived in Japan, 40 years ago.
Journalist and Book and Magazine Editor living in Brazil. President of Abrademi - Brazilian Manga Association, Cultural Director of Mie Kenjin Kai of Brazil.
Nikkei, Japanese-Brazilian, descendant of Hiroshima-ken, 2nd generation. Actively participates in volunteering in the Culture of Peace and Japanese-Brazilian Culture, both in provincial associations and in Japanese religious temples.
She holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Faculdades Integradas Maria Thereza FAMATH (2016) and a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Universidade Federal Fluminense UFF (2019). She is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Defense and International Strategic Management from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ (in progress), a master's degree in Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro PUC-Rio (completion 2020), a master's degree in Philosophy from Universidade Federal Fluminense UFF (in progress) and a master's degree in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro PUC-Rio (in progress). She was a collaborating psychologist on the Human Rights Commission of the Regional Council of Psychology of Rio de Janeiro CRP-RJ (2019) and has worked as a clinical psychologist since 2017 with experience in providing care to the elderly, adults, children, foreigners and refugees. As a social researcher, she studies topics related to human rights, vulnerable populations, the process of subjectivation, violence and conflicts, the philosophy of language, foreigners and refugees, the process of requesting and eligibility for refugee status, racism and refugee status.
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