The Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute announced the 2024 GVJCI Scholarship Fund recipients during the opening of the annual Matsuri on June 29.
Gary Hori Memorial Scholarship: Brady Tamanaha of North High School. He will be attending Chapman University.
GVJACL Scholarship: Leila Tani Butler of Redondo Union High School. She will be attending California Polytechnic State University.
Gardena Valley Gardeners Association Legacy Scholarship: Paige Tamura of Torrance High School. She will be attending CSU Fullerton.
GVJCI Scholarship: Justin Yong of West Torrance High School. He will be attending CSU Long Beach.
Brian Takeo Mitsunaga Memorial Scholarship: Darren Kawazoe of El Camino College. He will be attending UC Irvine, pursuing a bachelor’s in education sciences.
The recipients were congratulated by GVJCI Executive Director Alison Kochiyama and GVJCI Scholarship Committee member Raymond Shibata.