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Umekichi Asahina was among the first boatloads of [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese immigrants to Hawaii]], arriving in the islands in [[1885]]. He went on to become the first Japanese dentist to operate in the islands, and was active in ''[[kendo|kendô]]'' and ''[[kyudo|kyûdô]]'', founding a ''kendô'' club in the islands in [[1902]].
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==References==
*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii'' 1885-1924, Bishop Museum (1985), 118.
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