Welcome to our New Members! (October 2025)

Hawaii

Neale Asato (Honolulu, HI)
Co-Owner, Asato Family Shop

Lyle Fujikawa (Honolulu, HI)
Economic Development Specialist, State of Hawaiʻi DBEDT (Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)

Chris Iwamura (Honolulu, HI)
CEO, Rainbow Drive-In, Ltd.

Mahito Sakai (Honolulu, HI)
VP, Senior International Banking Officer, Central Pacific Bank

Linda Sherman (Koloa, HI)
Founder and Co-Host, Rethinking Aging Podcast

Japan

Genie Doi (Osaka, Japan)
Managing Attorney, Avocet Law

Alex Goodrowe (Tokyo, Japan)
Student, Temple University Japan

Masahito Kato (Hokkaido, Japan)
Representative Director, Annupuri Properties KK

Waka Kosugi (Tokyo, Japan)
Representative Director, Peregrine Consulting KK

Allan Teng (Tokyo, Japan)
Founder & Senior Advisor, Workato

Mountain

Marie Okamoto (Denver, CO)
VP Partnerships, Tokyo Techies

New England

Cameron McLearn (Boston, MA)
Partner, Deloitte Consulting

Northern California

Kang Jin Kim (San Jose, CA)
Civil Servant, U.S. Department of State

Nina Sugaya (Berkeley, CA)
Strategic Partner Manager – Japan, Mysten Labs

NY & Vicinity

Tae Asahina (Brooklyn, NY)
Speech Language Pathologist, Infinite Services, Inc.

Ayane Kitta (New York, NY)
Mental Health Therapist, Herald Square Psychology

Sabien Taylor (Queens, NY)
Programs Associate, Association to Benefit Children

Thomas Trautwein (Pequannock Township, NJ)
Student, The College of New Jersey

Southern California & Southwest

Joe Annoura (Houston, TX)
Student and Finance Intern, University of Texas

Stephen Chance (Plano, TX)
Vice President, Goldman Sachs

Hiroki Sato (Gardena, CA)
Director and General Manager, Nippon Travel Agency America, Inc.

Seika Matsuoka Chance (Plano, TX)
Vice President, Sumitomo Mitsu Banking Corporation

Koh Matsuki (Tokyo, Japan)
CEO, Proxy Watcher, Inc.

Nancy Okubo (Los Angeles, CA)
Associate Vice President, Communications Manager, U.S. Bank

Erika Saito (Irvine, CA)
Director of Strategic Partnerships, University of Massachusetts Global

Global

Alexander Kagi (Zurich, Switzerland)
Partner, Private Banking Advisor, BFI Infinity, Inc.