Suematsu Omi
of Hawaii, to Hisanoshin and Yasue (Kawaguchi) Oumi. He was one of nine children. His siblings were: brothers Hisao, Hitoji, and Tsutomu; and sisters Kathleen Torae, Sizue, Helene Ishie, Alice Tomie, and Mildred Emiko. His father arrived in Hawaii in 1897, from Higashizuka, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, as a contract laborer at Lihue Sugar Plantation. His