Densho Digital Repository
Seattle JACL Oral History Collection
Title: Tomio Moriguchi Interview
Narrator: Tomio Moriguchi
Interviewers: Kristen M. Eng, Bill Tashima
Date: November 2, 2020
Densho ID: ddr-sjacl-2-23-6

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TM: So Kris, tell me a little bit about yourself. So what did you grow up?

KE: So I'm from Kent. Yeah, I went to Kentwood High School.

TM: I know your uncle was living in that area, too.

KE: Oh, yeah, there's a bunch of Kosais actually living in the Kent...

TM: So how many siblings does your parents mother have?

KE: My mom has two brothers, Mark and Brian. And I have... so Mark has three boys. Ryan --

TM: One of them used to work for us. Is that Mark?

KE: I think it was probably Uncle Brian.

TM: Oh, Brian, yes.

KE: Yeah. But we're actually going to see each other, like all of us over Zoom sometime I think in the next two weeks. It's the, we're doing the service, the memorial for my grandpa, because it'll be twelve years, but technically thirteen years. Yeah, I can't believe it's been that long already. What else? Yeah, I'm just at the University of Washington trying to get, study my engineering and stuff like that. But yeah, I know the Moriguchis are really close together still? Like you guys are very close. I actually... Tyler's your son, right?

TM: Huh?

KE: Tyler's your son, right?

TM: Right.

KE: Yeah, I go to church with him. And I actually coached his, your grandkids for chibichan basketball.

TM: Oh, okay. You have kids yourself?

KE: No, no.

TM: Nieces and nephews?

KE: No, but I consider Ryan's kids my niece and nephew, so my cousin's kids. But one of my... so when I was in high school, I was involved with Camp Fire. And so for one of the awards I did I organized chibichan basketball. So that was really fun to do.

TM: Say hi to your grandparents.

KE: I will, yeah.

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