Japanese American Sports Hall of Fame

Sponsors & Supporters

The establishment of the Japanese American Sports Hall of Fame (JASHF) would not be possible without all of our sponsors, friends and supporters. The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California would like to thank the following:

Sponsors

All Nippon Airlines
Golden State Warriors
Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian Prince Hotel, Waikiki
Hotel Nikko of San Francisco
NBC 11

Oakland Athletics
Oakland Raiders
Pacific Bell Park
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco Giants

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Tables

Gold

Union Bank of California

Silver

Japanese Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Gas & Electric
Providian Financial Corporation

Community Tables

Friends and former players of Grace Nakai (3)
Family and Friends of Grace Nakai (2)
Always Dream Foundation (2)
Allen Okamoto/Teresa Ono
Asian Firefighters Association
Bank of America
Carole Hayashino/Wayne and Sally Osaki
Consulate General of Japan
Daro Inouye and family
Donna Kotake and Tom Ryan
Eric Tate/Kim Nakahara
Friends of Wat Misaka
Golden Gate Optimist League
Hosoda Brothers
Japanese American Citizens League-San Francisco
Kaz Maniwa/Sherilyn Chew
Manulife Financial, Scudder Investments, Jeffferson PilotFinancial and Franklin Templeton Funds
Minami, Lew and Tamaki LLP
National Japanese American Historical Society
Osaki Design (3)
Pam Matsuda and Craig Yonemura
San Francisco Associates
San Francisco Enchantees/San Francisco Bay Area Nikkei Singles
Shinzen USA (2)
Strategic Education Services
Tanaka Travel Service/Christ United Presbyterian Church
Teresa Serata and family
United Parcel Service
Yo Hironaka/Rumi Okabe

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Patron VIPs

Lynne Fujimoto
Kim Ina

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Special Thanks

Always Dream Foundation
Joanne Blume, San Francisco Giants
C & M Nursury
Steve Dung, Visions Plus
Leimomi Hall, Hawaiian Airlines
Peanut Louie Harper
Kurt Hoffman, Sports Gallery
Hosada Brothers
John Hutar, Hotel Nikko San Francisco
J & N Wholesale
Japanese American National Museum
Tim Kawakami
Rodney Knox, San Francisco 49ers
John Komeiji, Hawaiian Prince Hotel Waikiki
Eric Kubota, Oakland Athletics

Gordon Lee, Xenon Projection
Lance Lew, NBC 11
Raj Mathai, NBC 11
Kerry Yo Nakagawa
Osaki Design
San Francisco 49ers Gold Rush
Karin Seid, Golden State Warriors
Maurice Shiozaki
Eric Akira Tate
Naomichi Terazaki, All Nippon Airways Co. LTD.
Jeff Tucker, San Francisco Giants
John Vella, Raider Locker Room
Brett Yamaguchi, Golden State Warriors
Dr. John York, Owner, San Francisco 49ers

A very special thanks to the Japanese Community Youth Council for their work on the Japanese Sports Hall of Fame/Nikkei Family Magazine:

Kathleen Barrows
Grace Horikiri
Tim Kawakami
Ursala Liang

Jon Osaki
Fred Oshima
Erika Tamura

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Auction Donors

California Hotel & Casino
Embassy Suites Lake Tahoe Resort
Empress of China
Mike Furutani
Grand Hyatt San Francisco
Great American Music Hall
Harris’ Restaurant
Homewood Mountain Resort
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
Japanese American National Museum
Northstar at Tahoe
The Pan Pacific Hotel

Paramount’s Great America
Plumpjack Squaw Valley Inn
Raiders Locker Room
Ristorante Fior d’Italia
The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco
San Francisco Ballet
Scandia Family Center Company
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Sports Gallery
Gary Sugano
Tommy Toy’s

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