on October 31, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. He was the eldest child of Yoichi and Toyo (Nishimoto) Matsuura. His siblings were: Isamu (“Sam”), Masako, Kenge, Joe, and Kiyoke. Yoichi emigrated to Seattle from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1898 at the age of 20. In December 1913, Yoichi returned to Japan, and while there he