OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE YEAR

Each fiscal year, a selected individual(s) of the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce is designated by the Chair of the Board to be the “Outstanding Member(s) of the Year” for their significant contributions to the Chamber.

Congratulations to the 2019 Outstanding Member of the Year

Rick Mishima
Vice President, Customer Experience Manager
Finance Factors, Ltd.
Member since 2016


PAST OUTSTANDING MEMBERS

1980
Tatsuko Hino

1981
Ronald Ushijima

1982
Teruo Himoto

1983
Donald Doi

1984
Walter Tagawa

1985
Walter Saito

1986
Minoru Ueda

1987
Dean Matsushima

1988
Yoshiharu Satoh

1989
Buster Komori

1990
Leonard Katsarsky
Glenn Nakamura

1991
Paul Yamashige

1992
Garrett Serikawa

1993
Wayne Ishihara

1994
Howard Hanada
David Seya

1995
Rene Mansho
Tony Masamitsu

1996
Thomas Sakamoto

1997
Melanie Hashimura

1998
Daniel Takehara

1999
Natsuko Lambert

2000
Wayne Miyao
Robert Nagao

2001
Joseph Sailer

2002
Albert Kobayashi
Robert Kuniyuki
Kiyoshi Ohbe
Yoshiyuki Otoshi

2003
Ralph Honda
Jodi Nozoe
Stanley Yamamoto

2004
Fred Morinaka

2005
Emi Anamizu
Sidney Hamada

2006
Leo Asuncion, Jr.
Ronald Hayashi
Jodi Ito

2007
Christine Kubota
Sammy Li

2008
Richard Matsu
Tyler Tokioka
Tetsushi Uno

2009
Roy Ishihara
Takae Okuma-Johnson

2010
Roy Amemiya, Jr
Scott Higa
Arnold Hirotsu
Michael Nomura
Lynette Lo Tom

2011
Mark Ibara

2012
Brian Nishida
Terry Noyama

2013
Rika Hirata
Jon Tsukamoto

2014
Davis Higa

2015
Patti Fukada
David Yamashita

2016
Jodi Nozoe Chang

2017
Steven Teruya

2018
Jason Ito
Myles Shibata