Murakami, Kaname James

In 1942, Kaname Murakami was involved in a fistfight, reportedly shouting out, "I'm a son of Japan. All Americans who like fight, come here." The incident attracted the attention of both the English- and Japanese-language press and landed him in prison for assaulting two other Japanese Americans. 

After the war, Murakami ran for public office on a number of occasions, winning in 1954 to become Honolulu's city auditor.

Two of his brothers, Mark Yutaka Murakami and Gilbert Goro Murakami, served with the U.S. military during World War II. Mark Yutaka Murakami entered the army out of the Minidoka Relocation Camp in Idaho. He received linguistics training and served with the Military Intelligence Service. Gilbert Goro Murakami was drafted in 1944 and served as a member of the 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion in Hawaii.