Matayoshi, Zenko

Internment Locations

Arrested: February 1942

Kilauea Military Camp, Hawaii Island

Paroled: June 1942

Zenko Matayoshi was among a group of Japanese and Okinawan doctors who operated twelve private hospitals on the Big Island. Matayoshi Hospital opened in the early 1920s and cared for Hilo residents for more than 40 years.

Zenko Matayoshi's son Herbert Tatsuo Matayoshi served as mayor of Hawaii Island from 1974 to 1984.

INTERNEE DETAILS

Internee Name:
Zenko Matayoshi

Name In Japanese:
又吉全興

Date of Birth:
1892

Generation:
Issei

Residence:
Hilo, Hawaii

EMPLOYMENT

Occupation:
Physician