Territory of Hawaii, to Motojiro and Mitsuno (Sumida) Motokane. Masao was the second oldest of six children. He had an older brother, Sadao, and two older sisters Mary Shizuko and Yoshiko, and two younger sisters, Grace Yoshie and Violet Teruko. Motojiro and Mitsuno emigrated from the village of Okukaida, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Motojiro arrived