Seitaro and Tsui (Tsubaki) Inouye, who emigrated from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. His siblings were: brothers James Shigeru, Harry Fukujiro, Richard Toshio, Harold Masaru; and sisters Hazel Nobuko, Haruko, Florence Hatsumi, Louise Yaeno, and Doris Hitomi. Seitaro arrived in Honolulu from Japan on the Sagami Maru on June 17, 1890, at the age of 23.