2019 Takitani Scholarship Winners
Honoring Excellence, Service, and Legacy
The Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation, Inc. awarded $176,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors throughout Hawaiʻi in 2019. Through its scholarship program, the Foundation recognized outstanding students from qualifying high schools across the state.
Recipients of the Outstanding and Distinguished student awards are as follows:
Lisa Watanabe of Pearl City High School was awarded the Mamoru Takitani Outstanding Student Award of $10,000.
Charlene Tan of Kauaʻi High School was awarded the Aiko Takitani Outstanding Student Award of $10,000.
Renceh Flojo of Maryknoll School was awarded the Karen Uno Distinguished Student Award of $8,000.
District Finalists and recipients of $5,000 scholarships are as follows:
Beigie Lam of Gov. Wallace Rider Farrington High School.
Jiaying Yang of Kaimuki High School.
Min Kyoung Kang of Mililani High School.
Anna Peters of Waialua High School.
Keona Blanks of James Campbell High School.
Rick Su of Kahuku High & Intermediate School.
Zea Levine of Kealakehe High School.
Stacia Eng of Lahainaluna High School.
Yoo Ra Sung of ʻIolani School.
Liv Peralta of Le Jardin Academy.
Recipients of $2,000 scholarships are as follows:
Honolulu District: Mana Nozawa of Henry J. Kaiser High School; Kaitlyn Standberg of Kalani High School; Kiara Mae Gerardo of President William McKinley High School; June Chung of President Theodore Roosevelt High School; and Kacey Lei Quillopo of University Laboratory School.
Central O‘ahu District: Prince Gersom Anselmo of ʻAiea High School; Sarah Yamamoto of Leilehua High School; Maya Rose Balmilero of Moanalua High School; and Brandon Bagoyo of Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School.
Leeward O‘ahu District: Nehemiah Cesar of Kapolei High School; Cheyanne Marie Cabang of Nānākuli High & Intermediate School; Paiaʻala Wilcox-Molina of Waianae High School; and Ian Henry Acosta of Waipahu High School.
Windward O‘ahu District: Kylie Tangonan of James B. Castle High School; Carlos Furukawa of Kailua High School; and Jacqueline Cobeen of Kalāheo High School.
Hawai‘i Catholic Schools (HCS): Ilana Sagapolutele of Damien Memorial School; Agnes Brown of Sacred Hearts Academy; Justin Loi of Saint Francis School; and Makana Ontai of Saint Louis School.
Hawai‘i District: Kara Yoshiyama of Hilo High School; Daycie De Luz of Honokaʻa High & Intermediate School; David Freund of Keaʻau High School; Zea Levine of Kealakehe High School; Kassie Tarpley of Kohala High School; Cyrus Jumalon of Konawaena High School; Harvy Tagalicud of Pāhoa High & Intermediate School; and Mina Poppas of Waiakea High School.
Maui District: Marley Moeaʻi of Hana High & Elementary School; Josh Ooka of Henry Perrine Baldwin High School; Caroline Stevenson of King Kekaulike High School; Stacia Eng of Lahainaluna High School; Aileen Pascua of Lānaʻi High & Elementary School; Brandon Yoshikawa of Maui High School; and Kawohikukapulani Duvauchelle of Molokaʻi High School.
Kaua‘i District: Iris Murakami of Kapaʻa High School.
Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools (HAIS): Marissa Nagano of Assets School; Kasen Wong of Hawaiʻi Baptist Academy; Kealia Haitsuka of Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy; Yoo Ra Sung of ʻIolani School; Haley Nakamura of Island Pacific Academy; Hoʻonani McClung of Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi; Laura Landgraf of Kamehameha Schools Kapalama; Kiana Liu of Kamehameha Schools Maui; Liv Peralta of Le Jardin Academy; Christopher Unruh of Mid-Pacific Institute; Megan Kobayashi of Punahou School; Maya Ellsworth of Parker School; Kaci Yamato of Pacific Buddhist Academy; Kalena Pfaeltzer of Seabury Hall; and Sydney Hirayama of Saint Andrew’s School The Priory.