of the war relocation camps. Also interned at Topaz. Mary Matsuda Gruenewald (1925–2021), memoirist. Also interned at Heart Mountain. Hiroshi Honda (1910–1970), an American painter. Yamato Ichihashi (1878–1963), one of the first academics of Asian ancestry in the United States. Emerick Ishikawa (1920–2006), a weightlifting champion. Harvey Itano (1920–2010), became a biochemist best known for his work on the molecular basis of sickle cell anemia and other diseases. Shizue Iwatsuki (1897–1984), a Japanese American poet. Also interned at Minidoka. Hiroshi Kashiwagi (1922–2019), became a poet, playwright and actor. Toshiyuki Seino (born 1938), an American competitive judo athlete. Taky Kimura (1924–2021), martial arts practitioner and instructor. Also interned at Minidoka. Mary Koga (née Mary Hisako Ishii, 1920–2001), a photographer and social worker. Tommy Kono (1930-2016), an Olympic gold medalist weightlifter and world record holder. Joseph Kurihara (1895–1965), a renunciant. Also interned at Manzanar. Masaaki Kuwabara (1913–1993), lead defendant in United States v. Masaaki Kuwabara, the only Japanese-American draft resistance case to be dismissed on the basis of a due process violation of the U.S. Constitution. William M. Marutani (1923–2004), lawyer, judge, and member of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Bob Matsui (1941–2005), was elected to 13-terms as member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Toshiko Mayeda (née Kuki) (1923–2004), a Japanese American chemist Tsutomu "Jimmy" Mirikitani (1920–2012), Sacramento, California), artist and subject of The Cats of Mirikitani, an award-winning documentary film. Fujimatsu Moriguchi (1898–1962), an American businessman Sadako Moriguchi (née Tsutakawa), (1907–2002), an American businesswoman Tomio Moriguchi (born 1936), an American businessman and civil rights activist Tomoko Moriguchi-Matsuno (née Moriguchi), (born 1945), an American businesswoman Pat Morita (1932–2005), became an actor best known for his role in the Karate Kid films; interned as a child nissei with whole family. Later interned at Gila River. Jimmy Murakami (1933–2014), an animator and director. George Nakano (born 1935), a former California State Assemblyman. Also interned at Jerome. Alan Nakanishi (born 1940), a California politician James K. Okubo (1920–1967), a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Also interned at Heart Mountain. James Otsuka (1921–1984), a conscientious objector during World War II and a war tax resister. Otokichi Ozaki (1904–1983), a poet. Also interned at Jerome. Yuki Shimoda (1921–1981), an actor. Sab Shimono (born 1937), an actor. Also interned at Granada. Hana Shimozumi (1893–1978), an American singer. Noboru Shirai, author of "Tule Lake: An Issei Memoir."