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Brian Takeo Mitsunaga Memorial Scholarship: Darren Kawazoe of El Camino College.He will be attending CSU Long Beach.

GVJACL Scholarship: Leila Tani Butler of Redondo Union High School.Not pictured: Paige Tamura and Justin Yong.pursuing a bachelors in education sciences.

GVJCI Scholarship: Justin Yong of West Torrance High School.He will be attending UC Irvine.

Gardena Valley Gardeners Association Legacy Scholarship: Paige Tamura of Torrance High School.

Brady Tamanaha; Raymond Shibata.Carina Sakimura (Pasadena Japanese Cultural Institute).

Caitlyn Sasaki (Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council) and Seia Watanabe (Japanese Restaurant Association of America).She was joined on the stage by five other Nisei Week queen candidates: Anita Komatsu (Gardena Evening Optimist Club).

was introduced as this years queen of the Venice Japanese Community Center and Venice-West Los Angeles JACL during the VJCCs annual Summer Natsu Matsuri Festival on June 22.Morgan Mayuko GeeGee is a 2021 graduate from California Polytechnic State University.