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[Online Event] 51st Annual Meeting and Members’ Social
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join us to celebrate another outstanding year in which we persevered through the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will include a special opportunity for online networking with friends and business associates, an overview of the 2020-21 programming season, introduction of new board members, and Japanese cultural entertainment. Please note that board membership voting will take place online in May and a separate email will be sent to current corporate and individual/family members.
Date and Time
Wednesday, May 19
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. (CDT)
Location
Zoom Webinar
Nominees for Board of Directors
Nominated officers for term ending 2022
• Japanese First Vice President: Hitoshi Nishimura – Toyota Motor North America
• Japanese Second Vice President: Kyoko Vivas – Japan Airlines
Nominated elected directors for term ending 2022
• Don Casey – American Airlines
• Richard Elieson – American Airlines
• David Nishida – ORIX Corporation USA
Nominated honorary and regular director for term ending 2022
- Kazunori Nemoto – Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.
Nominated elected directors for term ending 2024
- Stacie Adams – Axxess
- Bryan Chance – Ernst & Young LLP
- Joe Chapa – Irving Economic Development Partnership
- Keiko Harris – Texas Instruments
- Yosuke Honjo – ITO EN (North America), Inc.
- Yohei Kanamura – Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Sho Kashiwabara – Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
- Taka Kubota – NEC Corporation of America
- Dice Nakamura – Bank of America
- Kohei Omori – Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Performance
Immerse yourself in the strong and energetic sounds of Tsugaru-shamisen with a special performance by an award-winning soloist, Akira Esashika.
The shamisen is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument. Today one of the most recognized genres of shamisen music is Tsugaru-shamisen, a style of playing and instrument with roots in the small peninsula of Tsugaru in present-day Aomori prefecture.
Akira Esashika
Tsugaru Shamisen Performer
Esashika was born in Aomori, Japan and raised listening to his father’s Tsugaru-shamisen. He has more than 40 years of performance experience and won multiple national championships. He performed at San Diego, CA in 2014 and at Dallas, TX in 2018.