Center for Race and Gender (CRG). Also interned at Heart Mountain. Masumi Hayashi (1945–2006), an American photographer and artist George Hoshida (1907–1985), a Japanese American artist who made drawings of his experience during his incarceration in three internment camps. Also interned at Jerome Dale Ishimoto (1923–2004), an American actor Toichiro Kawai (1861-1943), a carpenter known for building the moon bridge and bell tower at the Japanese Garden of the Huntington Library Yuriko Kikuchi (1920–2022), an American dancer and choreographer Jay Kazuo Kochi (1927–2008), a physical organic chemist Tetsu Komai (1894–1970), an American actor Tomoko Miho (1931–2012), a designer and recipient of the 1993 AIGA Medal Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (1932–2005), an American actor known for roles on Happy Days and in the Karate Kid movies. Also interned at Tule Lake Paul Osumi (19051996), Japanese Christian minister Ken and Miye Ota (1923–2015 and b. 1918 respectively), a married couple known for teaching martial arts, ballroom dancing, and social graces at their cultural school Kazuo Otani (1918–1944), a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor Shoji Sadao (1927–2019), an architect Reiko Sato (1931–1981), an American dancer and actress Miiko Taka (1925–2023), an American actress Nao Takasugi (1922–2009), an American politician James Takemori (1926–2015), an American judoka and World War II veteran Daisho Tana (1901–1972), a Buddhist missionary and leader of the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple Paul Terasaki (1929–2016), organ transplant scientist and Professor Emeritus of Surgery at UCLA School of Medicine Michi Nishiura Weglyn (1926–1999), author of Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America’s Concentration Camps Kenichi Zenimura (1900–1968), a baseball player and manager Gallery See also Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project Other camps: Granada War Relocation Center Heart Mountain War Relocation Center Jerome War Relocation Center Manzanar National Historic Site Minidoka National Historic Site Poston War Relocation Center Rohwer War Relocation Center Topaz War Relocation Center Tule Lake War Relocation Center References External links Gila River Relocation Center records, 1942–1945, The Bancroft Library War Relocation Camps in Arizona 1942–1946 Photo of Eleanor Roosevelt visiting the camp Gila River Relocation Center NPS's Gila River page A Diamond in the Desert written by Kathryn Fitzmaurice Landmarks in Arizona Internment camps for Japanese Americans Buildings and structures in Pinal County, Arizona History of Pinal County, Arizona Government of Pinal County, Arizona 1942 establishments in Arizona 1945 disestablishments in Arizona