MOMENTUM
Thank you
Because of your philanthropy, The American School in Japan is able to fulfill its mission and go beyond, inspiring our students to effect positive change in our classrooms, communities, and world.
This report highlights the generosity of those who helped our school thrive in the 2024-25 school year. We are grateful for the generously shared time, expertise, Mustang spirit, and philanthropy of our community.
In line with our commitment to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, we have published this report online. To view the digital version, including donor lists, please scan this QR code.
MUSTANGS
BY THE MONTH
8月 9月 10月
Welcome Back, Mustangs!
We welcomed 1,730 students across four divisions on the first day of school.
A Hero’s Journey
More than 60 middle schoolers treated audiences to The Lightning Thief musical.
Spirit on Sale
ASIJ’s Mustang Market launched, bringing a new wave of spirit to the community.
Rolling into Undokai
All kindergarten to grade 5 students took part in our annual Sports Day tradition.
11月 12月
Friendship in Music
The eighth annual Friendship Concert was performed by ASIJ bands and Rikkyo Ikebukuro Junior and Senior High School.
50 Years of Winterfest
We celebrated ASIJ’s 50th Winterfest, bringing together the ASIJ community and neighbors.
1月
Alley Oop!
ASIJ welcomed 12 teams from Guam, Thailand, and across Japan for the annual Kanto Classic Basketball Tournament.
Happy in happi coats
Japanese culture met numeracy learning in the ELC’s traditional o-mochi pounding.
2月
Munchkins Stand Tall
The Elementary School musical moved to the theater this year for its impressive Munchkin Mediation production.
3月 4月
Full Hearts for Damar
NFL Buffalo Bill Damar Hamlin inspired students and promoted CPR awareness.
And Your Little Dog, Too!
The High School cast and crew of The Wizard of Oz reminded audiences there’s no place like home.
Model Leaders
Collaboration and diplomacy were in full force at the ASIJ-hosted Model UN conference.
5月
High Five, ’25!
Congratulations to the 146 graduates of the Class of 2025!
Budding Bookworms
Personalities shone brightly in the ELC’s Literacy Parade, capping off a fun-filled Literacy Week.
6月
Sayonara For Now
The traditional sayonara bus lap saw students off on the last day of school.
Once a Mustang, always
No matter the distance or the years between them, or since graduation, Mustangs feel at home together. Below are some of the Black and Gold connections from the 2024-25 year.
“I cherish my ASIJ experience, the alumni community, and growing up in Japan. I learned empathy, respecting differences, and the value of understanding multiple perspectives. My third culture identity is something I am proud of. I would be a different person had it not been for ASIJ.”
Briney Burley ’93 Alumni Council Connect Committee Member
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Dallas
Portland
Italy
always a Mustang.
The ASIJ community is as strong as it is because of the volunteers who help bring Mustangs together. To plan social or professional events, inspire a spirit of generosity, share your industry expertise with students, and more, get started by reaching out to: alumni@asij.ac.jp (for alumni) president@pta.asij.ac.jp (for parents)
“The PTA is more than just a school group—it’s a community that connects us, both on ASIJ campuses and beyond.”
Indre Mackeviciute P ’26 ’28 ’30 ’34
PTA President
New Delhi
Saudi Arabia
Tokyo
A LESSON IN GIVING
ASIJ relies upon the generous financial support of our alumni and their families, parents, employees, and friends. There are many ways to make a gift to help ASIJ. All donations regardless of the amount make a positive impact and demonstrate your belief in our mission.
Meeting the moment for immediate impact
The ASIJ Annual Fund is a fundraising priority for the school. It runs from July 1 through June 30 and raises millions of yen each year toward the operating budget. The ASIJ Annual Fund helps to meet the moment and support immediate priorities to make a difference where it is needed most, ensuring flexibility, stability, and excellence throughout the year.
Creating a permanent, sustainable source of funding
ASIJ’s permanently restricted endowment was established and invested in 2022. The expendable income is allocated at the discretion of the Board of Directors for projects and programs of the greatest priority at ASIJ. Each contribution increases the value of ASIJ’s total endowment and can be designated to support areas aligned with donors’ interests and the school’s mission. ASIJ’s endowment is a sustainable funding source that gives the school confidence to grow as strategic developments and initiatives change.
Leaving a legacy
Planning a bequest allows donors to arrange a gift now to be allocated in the future through a will or trust. There are several ways to define the amount of charitable gifts left in estate plans. Donors are recognized through membership in ASIJ’s Gate Society.
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Academic Excellence
The ASIJ Annual Fund builds upon a legacy of academic excellence. Giving allows the school to say yes to our faculty, to empower exceptional teaching and inspire students to be prepared to thrive and lead in a dynamic world.
ASIJ’s Design program offers opportunities to elementary, middle, and high school students to build their capacity for creative problem solving. High school teacher Linus Velez teaches two advanced courses — Data Science, a 5000-level course, and Advanced Topics in Computer Science, a 6000-level course — that empower students through student-led learning. In both classes, students can set their own goals and milestones to explore topics that align with their personal interests and career aspirations. For example, Linus said, a student might “know they want to go into something finance-related, and they think having an understanding of data science is something that is going to help them to be better at finance. Or one of the students last year [knew he would go] into sports science and he generally looked at data related to health and nutrition.”
Other student projects from the 2024-25 year included a desktop Tamagotchi-like pet, a webscraper that advised on when to buy or sell stocks, a gesture-controlled computer navigation system, and the release of a video game made on the Unity game engine.
Both coding and the ability to make sense of data are skills our students will find valuable in their futures. Linus underscored that understanding data is applicable in all industries. “Data science is something that will help you to, at the very least, interpret things, and at the upper most level, be able to create your own models or things that will help you make better decisions.”
Whether they are coding AI opponents in a
Our faculty’s lessons are augmented by their partnerships with experts from around the world. The special guests and world-class speakers who visited in 2024-25 numbered well into the dozens. Among them was esteemed composer and choral educator Dr Rollo Dilworth, who worked with students in elementary, middle, and high school on one of his compositions, culminating in a campuswide performance. Dr Dilworth also presented about African American spirituals, and spoke with music faculty about the powerful role music plays in holistic development and lifelong learning.
Rakugo Master Ryutei Saryuu-shishou visited campus to teach our advanced Japanese students. While students were learning how to master non-verbal communication, Saryuu-shishou demonstrated shosa (gestures and movements) and provided feedback on the students’ kobashi
(short story) practice. Saryuu-shishou also performed an authentic Rakugo piece titled Choutan (“Long and Short”), humorously portraying a conversation between two characters with opposite personalities. Students sat captivated by his performance, which indeed was a master class on the impact of facial expressions, gestures, and movement.
Towards the end of the school year, second graders capped off their study of pollinators with a visit from experts from the Ginza Honey Bee Project, an urban beekeeping initiative launched in 2006. Students learned about the many ways bees impact our lives. The Project produces an astounding one to two tons of honey annually, and students got a delicious taste of different honeys from spring, early summer, and summer — what a sweet ending.
ASIJ’s commitment to excellence begins with our faculty. Beyond competitive compensation, we attract and retain educators who are passionate about teaching, excited to Know, Value, Care for every student, and are deeply committed to our innovative educational approach.
220 220 Inspiring faculty members 77% 77% Faculty with advanced degrees 24% 24% Have worked at ASIJ for 10+ years
18 18 Nationalities
Beyond the Classroom
When you give to the ASIJ Annual Fund, your support enriches co-curricular programs in the arts, music, Japanese culture, and athletics. Giving students diverse opportunities to explore their passions and abilities allows them to develop deeper senses of belonging with others with similar interests.
“Your friend group might not be interested as much in the same hobbies — for me, that’s musical theater — but if you go to after school co-curriculars, like the musical, you find other people who have as much interest as you, which makes a whole new family, which helps you feel more proud about you and your identity.”
Connor ’30
The Varsity Baseball team brought home the ISB Spring Invitational championship.
Elementary School students brought the Munchkin Mediation musical to life in the ASIJ Theater.
High School Girls’ varsity team volleyball won the annual YUJO tournament.
Her Imperial Highness Princess Akiko of the Mikasa family presented ASIJ’s Kyogen Club with the Future Award from the Classical Japanese Culture Foundation Awards Committee.
ASIJ hosted the annual Model United Nations (MUN) conference, welcoming students from over ten schools.
teams place in the semi finals at the Japan National Championships and sent a team to the world championships.
The High School Dance Team won gold at the Kanto Plain Dance Festival Showcase Adjudication.
Middle School Girls’ soccer won their league tournament, marking the eighth consecutive league title.
STUDENT SUCCESS and GLOBAL CITIZENS
ASIJ is where every student is known, valued, and cared for; your gifts help to nurture programs that build belonging.
Our teachers live the ethos of our commitment Know, Value, Care: exploring identity, understanding and valuing uniqueness, and engendering mutual respect. As our teachers model these practices, our students are more engaged: taking healthy intellectual risks, feeling like they belong, and showing care for their communities.
At ASIJ’s Early Learning Center, teachers develop relationships with our youngest learners, who are often entirely new to a school setting and learning to understand the role they play in that community.
“We spend the first few months getting to know each other and helping children to have a strong sense of belonging to their classroom community. When children feel that they are seen, valued, and cared for by their teachers they are able to develop a positive sense of self. They feel capable, which gives them the confidence to explore the world and try new things. Knowing that they are loved by their teachers nurtures brain development and impacts their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being.”
Nami Pettit ELC Kindergarten Teacher
Our student ambassador program, designed to create community in elementary, middle, and high school, has grown over the past several years.
Nearly 100 student ambassadors across three divisions meet regularly to brainstorm and execute community builders and reflect on their own development. A highlight for students is the divisional crossover work, when high school ambassadors will speak to the middle school ambassadors about dealing with the social issues, and how they can be part of a positive change. In turn, middle school ambassadors help fifth graders navigate the transition to middle school. These activities not only empower students to grow their own skills as leaders, they also grow the culture of empathy at school.
“At the start, when I first joined Student Ambassadors, I [could get] really embarrassed. I didn’t have the skills I do today. A lot of my skills have changed, like encouraging myself to push on even when things change.”
Avery ’32
GLOBAL CITIZENS GLOBAL CITIZENS
Our student community comprises learners with whom our mission and values resonate – students from diverse backgrounds who have a changemaker mindset and are curious about the role they play in our world.
ASIJ is an independent school, serving children of international families, including expatriates on temporary assignments and those who call Tokyo their permanent home. All of our students enrich our classrooms and offer perspectives to those they learn from and learn with.
60 1730 60 1730
Student nationalities Future changemakers
Financial Reporting
The American School in Japan receives its operating income from tuition, annual support (which includes gifts to the ASIJ Annual Fund), investments, the Corporate Contribution Program, and auxiliary services including Summer Day Camp. School expenses include salaries and benefits for teachers and staff, instructional support, facility upgrades and maintenance, and administrative expenses including security.
795 16% 795 16%
Gifts less than ¥50,000 Totaled OVER
¥5MM
Total ASIJ 2024-25 Annual Fund ¥160,087,675
¥5MM Total Donors of donors made their first gift to ASIJ in 2024-25
Total ASIJ Endowment as of June 30, 2025 ¥1,408,606,947
LOOKING AHead
I’m incredibly proud to be Head of School at The American School in Japan and to have joined such a strong community and a school ready to build on the legacy of over 120 years of excellence with exciting aspirations for the future. The vision laid out over the last few years is bold and challenges us to imagine the future educational needs of students and the need to adapt to the ways AI and global events will continue to impact our students. We also face the more immediate challenge of how to best reimagine an aging infrastructure. For us to be successful in realizing our vision, the work ahead needs to be a joint venture with our community through philanthropy and volunteerism. From the meetings that I have already had with alumni, parents, and donors, it is clear to me that we have a community committed to investing in the long-term success of our school.
I extend my sincere gratitude to the ASIJ community. The conversations I have had with so many of you have been inspiring, and I am grateful for the feedback you have shared. I look forward to working in partnership with you as ASIJ continues to lead with strength to boldly imagine the future of education.
Eric F Niles Head of School
Head of School Eric F Niles and Board Chair Eiji Imai at the 2025 PTA Welcome Coffee
Advancement Committee 2024-25
Ali Buford
Kieron Cashell
Archie Ciganer Albeniz
Basil Dan
Peter Durfee ’88
Jonathan Epstein
Lalaka Fukuma ’93
Wei Ku
Indre Mackeviciute
Aki Matz Matsudaira
Kevin McNeeley
Nancy Michels
Jim Muir
Mariko Nakamura
Amane Nakashima
Brian Nelson ’85
The American School in Japan is formed as a hojin (incorporated educational institution) under Japan’s Private School Law, and is a non-profit, tax-exempt entity. The School’s primary governance documents are its Act of Endowment and Bylaws, which establish a multi-tiered governance structure involving a Board of Directors, a Board of Trustees, and two independent Statutory Auditors. While the Board of Directors meets regularly, the majority of its work is carried out by its seven committees, one of which is the Advancement Committee.
We thank all of our volunteers, including the Alumni Council Giving Committee, the PTA Annual Fund Committee, and the Advancement Committee for their leadership to uphold ASIJ’s mission and values.
Marcus Okuno, Advancement Committee Chair
Joseph Schmelzeis ’80
Heather Sekiguchi
Tom Silecchia
Rei Tanaka
Tom Ueki
Jinly Zee
Giving at ASIJ
Every year, ASIJ community members directly impact ASIJ’s ability to provide an exceptional education through donations to the ASIJ Annual Fund.
You can give online, by check, Donor Advised Fund, or transfer of securities. Gifts made in USD are tax-deductible in the US and can be made to the The American School in Japan Fund through Myriad USA.
For more information, click “Give to ASIJ” on ASIJ’s homepage or contact us at advancement@asij.ac.jp
Chief Advancement Officer
Anne Cunningham
Director of Communications
Matt Wilce
Director of Giving
Nikki Torchon
Alumni Coordinator
Isabella Rogovin
Data Specialist
Catherine Iwata
Digital Communications Officer
Zelda Edmunds ’05
Graphic Designer
Johnson Lin
Current and former parents and alumni make up the Advancement Committee.
Gift Club Members
We are grateful for the philanthropic leadership of our Gift Club members, who give ¥50,000+ in a fiscal year to the ASIJ Annual Fund.
1902 Founders Circle
¥5,000,000 and more
Anonymous
Reo & Ai Kasai
Phi & Masumi Le
Ayanori & Miriam Mitsui
Shane & Nao Predeek
Roy Ryu ‘77
Jinly Zee ‘90 & Kazuya Tsujita
Black & Gold Society
¥2,000,000–¥4,999,999
Anonymous
Archie & Yoko Ciganer Albeniz
Daniel ‘89 & Yuko DiCicco
Richard & Stephanie Folsom
Eiji & Hiromi Imai
Steve & Yuriko Lai
Shoji & Junko Tsuboyama
John & Fumie Winebarger
Lantern Society
¥1,000,000–¥1,999,999
Jeff & Akiko Acton
David Asikin & Ayumi Chikamoto
Dale & Megumi Caldwell
Jeff & Miki Galvin
Taka & Aiko Go
Koji & Ai Kikura
Eungjin Jeremiah Kim & Hyungha Gweon
Mai Kitamura
Morgan Laughlin & Rumiko Sato-Laughlin
Yumiko Murakami & Todd Moses
Yo & Nozomi Nagami
Akinori & Mariko Nakano
Hiroko Nishikawa Fu & Ming-Xia Fu
Andy ‘90 & Makoto Ogawa
Junichi & Aoi Okada
Thierry Porté
Lenore Reese & Joshua Isenberg
Keita Shiotani
Saori & Tom Silecchia
Charles & Emi Smith
Kunio & Eriko Tahara
Tomomichi & Yoko Takahashi
Kurt & Sayaka Wagner
CJ Wang & Lina Bair
Duan Wang & Chelsea Shi
Roger & Toshimi Wright
Tatsuo & Miho Yoshikawa
Meguro Circle
¥500,000–¥999,999
Anonymous (3)
Shigeki & Noriko Adachi
Takashi & Haruka Arikai
Andrew & KT Barous
Jeff & Seiko Bernier
Pascal Buckley & Stephanie Waugh
Jack Chang & Cindy Zhong
Rick Cohen ‘69 & Barbara Topper-Cohen
Basil & Chieko Dan
Mark & Miwako Drabkin
Mami Handa
Mary Harada ‘81 & Greg Peterson
Keiji & Mayumi Hattori
Shinichiro & Suzuko Hori
Takuzo & Hanako Izawa
Mary ‘70 & Shohachi Katayama
Taro & Reiko Kondo
Wei Ku & Mina Utsuki
The Latner Family
Nancy & David Michels
Hiroki & Yukina Morita
Mariko & Hiro Nakamura
Kirk & Mariko Neureiter
Shogo & Yuki Nishida
Tetsuji ‘98 & Eri Okamoto
Kirk & Agnes Ouellette
Paul Pang & Ellie Huang
Chiman Park & Alice Seo
Chris Park & Chloe Cha
Ken & Debbie Reilly
Kenneth Rosenbaum
Hiko & Yoko Sakamoto
Kenjiro & Keiko Sano
Erika Sloan ‘04 & Kevin Schaeffer
Jonathan & Amanda Stradling
Hideto & Ayaka Tanihara
Stephanie & Jon-Paul Toppino
Maiko Uda Hasumi & Teppei Hasumi
Frank Yang & Lina Chen
Akira & Fumie Yorisue
Yoshi & Nancy Yoshitsugu
Frank Zhang & Susan Huang
Head of School’s Circle
¥200,000–¥499,999
Anonymous (2)
Jordi Agud Ruiz & Raquel Vila Viñas
Taro & Sayoko Bhasin
Michael & Keiko Bidinger
Reina ‘99 & Josh Boaz
Jerry & Kiyoko Carter
Kieron Cashell & Kotoha Haga
Cram & Anya Chavali
Charles Chen & Samantha Cao
Jill ‘63 & Hung Cheng
Casey Christianson ‘04
Andrew & Chitose Conrad
Justin & April Cook
Anne Cunningham
Eric & Misa Edmunds
Masato & Yoshiko Edo
Sariel Engel & Olla Honigman
Jim & Mika Fink
Michael & Kayoko Foley
Fuyuki & Tomoko Fujiwara
Lalaka ‘93 & Jin Fukuma
Tak & Natsumi Furukawa
Seth Graham & Akemi Suzuki
Eddie & Chi Guillemette
Corey & Yasuko Gustin
Noriko ‘07 & Akinori Hashimoto
Matthew Hassan & Mari Ojima
Toru & Miwako Hayasaka
Andrew & Mika Hershon
Ernie ‘70 & Aya Higa
Mats & Hiroe Holjo
Kimberly Hsia
Jason Hyland & Andrijana Cvetkovikj
Yasutaka & Kanako Inoue
Riei & Kaoru Ishizeki
Hiroyuki & Harumi Kamano
Stephen & Kaori Kampa
Yasuyuki & Aya Kanda
Johannes & Lisa Kaps
Minsu Kim & Yoonha Lee
Terumi & Takashi Kobayashi
Partha & Lia Kumar
Elad & Saori Lachovitzki
Benjamin & Aki Lang
Kevin & Stephanie Lee
Hailin Li & Yan Dai
Nan Li & Ye (Emily) Bai
Sam Ma & Veronica Quan
Aki Matz Matsudaira
Chad Miller & Cathy Kitahara
Kristen & Richard Miller ‘97
Jim Muir & Miwa Kanai
Noriko Murai & Bill Yeskel
Kensuke & Maiko Murashima
Norihiko & Keiko Namba
Tetsuya ‘94 & Kiyoko Nishimi
Stephen & Karen O’Neill
Noriyuki & Naho Ogawa
Jisa Oh
Hikaru & Yoshiko Okada
Marcus & Kazuko Okuno
Robert Oshima ‘68
Catherine Piez ‘82 & Mark Whatford
Kathy Pike
Albert & Kara Piscopo
John & Shoko Possman
Alan Roth & Blair Perilman
David Sancho Shimizu & Risako Shima
Joseph Schmelzeis ‘80 & Yuko Mizutori Schmelzeis
Susan & Theo Seltzer
Shunsuke & Saeka Suzuki
Andrey Svininnikov & Yasuko Svininnikova
Max Taffel ‘04 & Allen Yang
Yoshiro & Rie Takahashi
Yuriko Takahashi Anton ‘84 & Philip Anton
Jay & Yuki Talbot
Kiyotaka Tanaka & Shiho Watabe
Nakao Tawara
Robin ‘67 & Ludd Trozpek
Hironobu & Maki Tsujiguchi
Ko & Misato Umeno
Daniel Wichert & Tomi Osawa
Bill & Akane Wiswell
Wengang Wu & Mingzhu Jiang
Simon Xiao & Lesley Wang
Satoshi & Erina Yamagata
Paul & Afifah Yamasaki
Jack Yan & Natsuko Moriyama
Ayako Yashiro
Mustangs League
¥100,000–¥199,999
Anonymous (6)
Rei & Rumi Aiba
Maki Ando ‘90 & Chadly Boujellabia
Yasu & Izumi Ashikawa
Lisa Bastick ‘82
Jamie Becchetti & Kyoko Okada
Selim Benba & Deniz Aygun Benba
Brian & Ayako Bender
Miyuki Benning
Jason & Nagisa Block
David Boatwright ‘73
Kristian & Miki Bradshaw
James & Ali Buford
Ian Burkheimer & Yoko Inaba
Alan Cannon & Fuyumi Kitakado
Marc Chapman ‘95 & Yoshiko Matsuhisa
Changyu Chen & Ai Nakao
Stephen & Candice Chen
Katie & Doug Chuchro
Julie ‘73 & John Clough
Magnus Damm
Roxana Daver & Peter Massion
Jeff & Deanne Dornoff
Hiroaki & Nao Ehira
Andra ‘83 & John Ehrenkranz
Daniel ‘92 & Erin Fillion
Dave ‘89 & Anne Fruehling
Kenta & Noriko Fujii
Yuka & Daisuke Fujiwara
Taro & Keiko Fukuzaki
Yoshiko Furukawa-Lee & Michael Lee
Nilay Gami & Monika Sharma-Gami
Eric & Ayako Golden
Kozo & Jitsuko Hanada
John ‘94 & Ellie Hanawa
Eiji Hayakawa & Paula Tashima
Michie Hisada
Hiroaki Hishida & Kyungmi Kim
Ken & Yuriko Imai
Yoh & Anna Imoto
Katsuo & Asami Inoue
Victor Ishikawa Katagiri & Kaori Ishikawa
Makoto Iyobe & Claire Chen
Osamu & Mami Kagawa
Jun & Akane Kaneko
Rika & David Jun Kasamatsu
Tadashi & Mena Kato
So & Haruko Kikuya
Jon & Sachiko Kindred
Mike King & Makiko Nishimura
Michael Kinstle & Teruko Iida-Kinstle
Hideki Kinuhata & Vicki Chen
Eita & Miyuki Kitani
Manami & Masatoshi Kobayashi
Shuhei & Sayako Koga
Junji & Aya Koike
Preeti & Vivek Kothari
Fred ‘67 & Naomi Kurata
Hiroshi Li & Sherry Sun
Dick ‘65 & Gemma Lury
Nasir & Chie Majid
Katsuhiko & Sachiko Mano
Buddy ‘85 & Hitomi Marini
Nina Marini ‘88
Yuhka Mera ‘81
Michael & Jennifer Min
Hiroshi & Junko Miyashita
Frederick ‘83 & Kendra Morgenstern
Nykkol Mozee Okabe ‘02
Ikutaro & Mika Nakajima
Amane & Chizuru Nakashima
Kozo & Minako Nakatani
Tetsu ‘84 & Ayumi Nakayama
Brian ‘85 & Aileen Nelson
David & Tina Nishida ‘85
Bill Novy & Thi Huong Giang Le
Ryuzo ‘99 & Tomoko Ogawa
Aisa Ogoshi & Sam Baillie
David Okamoto ‘86 & Ferne Martin
Arthur & Kaya Ozeki
John & Mimi Plum
Shuangliu Qi & Shasha Shi
Farida Rahman ‘68
Kay Richardson ‘76 & JS Wynant
Yutaka & Kyoko Sano
Junichi & Rachel Zhang Sato
Matthew ‘87 & Jennifer Sclafani
Ichiran Seki & Iris Wu
Robert Sharp ‘87 & Ann Trinca
Kotoe ‘03 & Tomohiro Shirakawa
Gary Smith & Amy Jeng
Billy So
Yoshitaka & Mizuki Sugihara
Shoko Suto
Linda Suzukawa-Tseng ‘72
Yuko Takada
Hal & Tomoko Takahashi
Hiro & Yuka Takeda
Sayo & Eiji Takizawa
Rick ‘67 & Catherine Tanaka
Michel ‘98 & Chie Tarna
Ted & Lia Tawara
Sayumi Terao ‘07 & Hiroshi Horikoshi
Lara Tilley-Bouez ‘01
Kei Toki & Jie Cao
Carol Tsuchida
Ikushin Tsuchida & Elaine Yang
Sally Turner ‘66
Tom & Sachiko Ueki
Jianfeng & Ting Wang
Andrew ‘63 & Katherine Wardlaw
Richard Watanabe & Deni Cheng
Neil & Andi Weingarten
Anne ‘63 & T. Wayne Weld-Martin
Dave Wilson ‘71
Bob & Mary Gene Woods
Di Wu & Lu Jin
Melanie Xu ‘15
Yasuyo Yamada
An Yan & Grace Hu
Masato ‘98 & Mariko Yokosuka
Charles Zhang & Shirley Shen Tomodachi
¥50,000–¥99,999
Anonymous (3)
Rusty ‘76 & Lori Anderson
Jeffrey & Miwa Annis
Matthew & Nagako Aoyagi
Yumi Araki ‘06
Matt ‘90 & Amie Barry
Jim ‘68 & Patty Bartlett ‘69
Dan & Ruth Bender
Michael & Noriko Benner
Kenichiro Bernier ‘19
Yeongnam Chae & Yunji Jeong
Luyi Chen & Ruby Xu
Richard Chuang & Stephanie Hong
Peter & Pam Cooper
Ozgur & Ozge Demirkol
Taiichi Doi & Fanglin Ho
Robert & Hitomi Early
Jonathan & Liu Epstein
Gonzalo Esparza Pedroza & Martha Esparza Gaucin
Tamara Fou ‘14
Julius & Momo Goldsmith
Samuel Gordon & Tomoko Katayama Gordon
Fumiko Goto
Michael ‘89 & Yuki Green
Frank ‘65 & Ann Guillot
Wayne Guo & Rachel Zhong
David & Michiko Hamaty
Gary Hansjergen ‘65
Jim & Marti Hardin
Ian Ho & Sandra Wong
Keiko & Masayuki Ishido
Yu & Yoshino Ishihara
Narumi & Yuki Ito
Taeko & Katsuhiro Ito
Tetsuya & Sofia Kaneko
Ryotaro & Junko Kato
Jun & Noriko Kawahara
Keiji & Yuiko Kawamoto
Jungin & Yunjoo Kim
Toshiki & Masayo Kitao
Takashi & Toshiyo Kobayashi
Kei Kuwahara ‘09
Marc & Heidi L’Heureux
Nick & Holly Lane
David ‘86 & Kaori Lee
Karen & Robert List
Hideyuki & Marina Liu
Sonia Livdahl ‘04 & Daniel Song
Jerry ‘81 & Bonnie Livingston
Aaron & Chiho Lloyd
Hiroko Lockheimer
Akira & Yuko Makita
Mary Margaret Mallat & David Deck
Paul ‘72 & Amy Manierre
Lee Marsden ‘68
Bill ‘63 & Betsy Martino
Toyokazu & Naomi Matsumoto
Kevin & Nobuko McNeeley
NingNing Minamisawa
Toshizumi & Junko Mizuno
Eelco Modderman & Emily Hengeveld
Chris & Kumiko Moores
Ryosuke & Rie Morii
Paul ‘74 & Susan Nagata
Greg Nakamatsu ‘86
Naoya & Hitomi Nakamura
Eiko Narita ‘94
Reiko Niimi ‘75
Emi Nishikawa
Hideo & Kazuko Niwa
Mori Nixon & EunYoung Choi
Yusuke & Junko Oba
Tak ‘96 & Satomi Okamoto
Cami Okubo & Roger Gula
Mark ‘78 & Rebecca Oline
Roy Prieb & Miho Walsh
Kelley Rahn ‘09
Stephen ‘64 & Kimiyo Rice
Alberto Rinon & Kyoko Matsushita
Eric Ristow
Davide & Haruna Rossi
Tokuya ‘89 & Maiko Sano
Lynn ‘73 & John Savarese
Richard & Cynthia Schlichting
David & Masako Semaya
Fumiko Shiobara & Hideyuki Hiramoto
Nick & Yumiko Silver
Kris Sisneros & Tomoko Sisneros (Yasutake)
Alan & Emi Sorba
Darren & Sally Spencer
Nathan Sult ‘75 & Beth Tarter
David & Aude Sun
Erimitsu & Tamami Suzuki
Mark & Grace Swaine
Yoshiyuki & Mayu Takanashi
Kyoko & Roy Takano
Wakana Tanaka
Toyoko Tasaki ‘86 & Kenichi Katayama
Ryan Timms & Aya Yamaura-Timms
Kosaku & Yurifa Tsuchida
Tugrul & Ezgi Tufan
Yun Wang & Jill Quinh
Shinsuke & Kanako Watanabe
Chuck ‘79 & Debbie Whitehead
Tom & Misty Whitson
Gene & Janet Witt
Takeshi & Marina Yamaguchi
Toru & Chihiro Yamaguchi
Shingo & Ann Yamanaka
Atsushi & Akari Yamashita
Yuichiro & Miki Yamazaki
Jenni Yoshida ‘91
Jessica Zhang & Changming Zhao
Yanning Zhou & Jie Kong
Amy Zuber Meehan & Phil Meehan
Alumni Donors
Thank you to the alumni and former students who gave to any fund at ASIJ in the 2024-25 school year.
’65
Albert Kobayashi
Geoff Smith
Frank Guillot
Nancy Kurahashi (Nagase)
Dick Lury
Mary Meyer ’66
Daniel Marsh
Sally Turner (Noll)
’67
Barb Kurtz (Hester)
Joanna Nicol (Strother)
Meredith Potter (Woods)
Nancy Eills (Brewer)
Ted Matsumoto
Leon Fattal
Stirling Rasmussen
Will McCoy
Jeannette Nielsen (Elsener)
’68
’73
Virginia Kerr
Fred Kurata
Julia Lockwood
Mary Muro Yokokawa
Rick Tanaka
Robin Trozpek (Weeks)
Jim Bartlett
Lucia Buchanan Pierce
Glenn Colville
Lee Marsden
Toni Mullen (Dyktor)
Robert Oshima
Farida Rahman
Tal Vivian ’69
Patty Bartlett (Van Wyk)
Rick Cohen
Suzi Neff
Yo Usui 70s
Dave Bergt
Andrew Haines
Bonnie Harris (Bongard)
Beth Sapala (Danker)
Kei Zehr (Uramatsu)
Fred Meyer
Jill Cheng (Tsui)
Bill Martino
Louise Meller
David Perry
Andrew Wardlaw
Anne Weld-Martin
Stephen Rice
’70
’71
Ellen Gadsby
Ernie Higa
Debbie Huskins
Mary Katayama (Sung)
Jan Blizzard (Schaale)
Kathy Holloway
Steve Johnson
Craig Moore
Jim Sanoden
Terry Shorrock
Steve Weiss
Dave Wilson ’72
Karin Flynn (Jagel)
Mark Francischetti
’74
’75
Ann Gleason
Paul Manierre
Bruce Morgen
Brad Rainoff
Sandy Schriever
Linda Suzukawa-Tseng
David Boatwright
Julie Clough (Van Wyk)
John Greer
Connie Kleinjans
Jody Kroehler Magnuson
Brian Moody
Carolyn Moss
Lynn Savarese (Ashby)
Karen Smith (Frost)
Tory Thomas
Paul Nagata
A-Lan Reynolds (Von Hornlein)
Erik Jagel
Jon Kidder
Reiko Niimi
Susan Snook (Kistler)
Nathan Sult
Ernie Wakamatsu
’76
80s
’80
Tom Cavanaugh
Ivar Eimon
Joseph Schmelzeis
Will Walsh
’81
Jeff Ewing
Mary Harada (Che)
Joel Hinz
Jerry Livingston
Andy Lund
Yuhka Mera
Michitaka Soga
Bob Walsh
’82
’83
Lisa Bastick
Catherine Piez
Sue Duke
Andra Ehrenkranz (Bowman)
Lungwen Kang
Joe Krisher
Fred Morgenstern
’84
Rusty Anderson
Judy Boatwright Stewart
Andy Feldman
Liz Horwitz (Yanagihara)
Paul Kidder
Miriam Rich
Kay Richardson
Sally Schaffer
’77
’78
’79
Andy Honaman
Mitzi Kuroda
Roy Ryu
Mark Oline
Tara Smith
Norman Stephens
Chuck Whitehead
’85
Caspar Appeldoorn
Tetsu Nakayama
Yuriko Takahashi Anton
Susie Brennan (Burks)
Erin Callanan
Buddy Marini
Brian Nelson
Tina Nishida (Yamano)
Sandra Orton-Tweed
’86
Ethan Berkove
Deanna Elstrom (Ciarlante)
Susan Gehrig (Brooks)
David Lee
Greg Nakamatsu
David Okamoto
Michael Slovin
Toyoko Tasaki
Kari Kohl (Wilkinson)
Mike Sanders
Matthew Sclafani
Robert Sharp
Minako Abe
Peter Durfee
Nina Marini
David Morgenstern
Chris Munson
Barbara Wakat
Daniel DiCicco
Dave Fruehling
Michael Green
Tokuya Sano
Brett Sparrgrove
Maki Ando
Matt Barry
Heather Curnut
Bapi Ghosh
Ako Krisher (Inatomi)
Yasu Nakayoshi
Andy Ogawa
Jinly Zee
Patrick Kaser
Gaylynn Nakamatsu
Jason Wolf
Jenni Yoshida
Daniel Fillion
Chris Harvey
Allison Christopher (Babb)
Matt Clark
Lalaka Fukuma (Ogawa)
Mayumi Nakayama
Michael Corcoran
Katherine Greig
John Hanawa
Kate Holland (Franke)
Jeffrey Huo
Eiko Narita
Tetsuya Nishimi
Marc Chapman
Genji Jacobs
Anonymous
Eugene Huo
Tak Okamoto
Emilie Ewart (Fisher)
Richard Miller
Pamela Pontius
James Jones
Shinobu Morohoshi
Tetsuji Okamoto
Michel Tarna
Masato Yokosuka
Reina Boaz
Ryuzo Ogawa
Andrew Joslyn
Kaz Kawaguchi
Ryan Kearney
Akane Robinson (Wada)
Jon Sack
Sarah Thomas-Polak
Lara Tilley-Bouez
Matt Woods
Anna Delia (Tuttle)
Shino Kido
Nykkol Mozee Okabe
Kelly O’Brien
Brent Keese
Mariko Ohno
Kotoe Shirakawa
Sean Sloan
Paul Yamasaki
Ryan Butz
Casey Christianson
Sonia Livdahl
Jason Mothersill
Erika Sloan
Max Taffel
Shuji Wakutsu
Yumi Araki
Tai Dirkse
Michael Thornton
Rie Uchida
Calvin Yong
Noriko Hashimoto (Nakao)
Jaclyn Keese
Patrick O’Hearn
Yayori Takano
Sayumi Terao
Kohei Wakutsu
Laura Conwill
Will Bender
Kei Kuwahara
David Lintvelt
Kelley Rahn
Misato Suzuki
Ashley Teslik
David Forster
Justin Marut
Mimi Takano
Alexander Heideman
Julie Keese
Rei Morikawa
Takuya Wakayama
Erica Nakayama Cooper
Tamara Fou
Melanie Xu
’19 Kenichiro Bernier
’20 Emma Rekate
’21 Xi’an Benning
’22 Taiga Lewis
’23 Aaryan Kumar
Decade Club
Thank you to the loyal donors of one, two, three, and four remarkable decades.
Quadruple Decade Club
Jan ‘71 & Craig Blizzard
David Boatwright ‘73
Rick Cohen ‘69 & Barbara Topper-Cohen
Andrew ‘60 & Lisa Haines
Andy ‘81 & Denise Lund
Carolyn Moss ‘73 & Daniel Hawkins
Joanna Nicol ‘52
Jeannette Nielsen ‘59
Margaret & Henry Pietraszek
Sally Schaffer ‘76
Triple Decade Club
Peter & Pam Cooper
Leon ‘57 & Suzanne Fattal
Patty Floch & Ken Bruzek
Mark Francischetti ‘72
Jeffrey Huo ‘94
Larry James
Pamela Jones-Morton, PhD
Paul ‘76 & Terry Kidder
Albert ‘42 & Betty Kobayashi
Jody Kroehler Magnuson ‘73 & Clark Magnuson
Jerry ‘81 & Bonnie Livingston
Dick ‘65 & Gemma Lury
Will ‘59 & Lynne McCoy
Yuhka Mera ‘81
Mary Meyer ‘65
John & Mimi Plum
Thierry Porté
Mike ‘87 & Jun Sanders
Mid & Carol Squier
Jeffrey Tunis
Bob Walsh ‘81
Double Decade Club
Lucia Buchanan Pierce ‘68
Alan Cannon & Fuyumi Kitakado
Tom & Cheryle Coopat
Sue Duke ‘83
Emilie ‘97 & Jake Ewart
Esther Harte
Eugene Huo ‘96
Mitzi Kuroda ‘77 & Stephen Elledge
Frederick ‘83 & Kendra Morgenstern
David & Tina Nishida ‘85
Richard & Fran Snell
Max Taffel ‘04 & Allen Yang
Sally Turner ‘66
Matt Wilce & Sho Suzuki
Decade Club
Anonymous
Ethan ‘86 & Kyra Berkove
Jeff & Seiko Bernier
Glenn ‘68 & Dianne Colville
Daniel ‘89 & Yuko DiCicco
Andra ‘83 & John Ehrenkranz
Jonathan & Liu Epstein
Katherine Greig ‘94
Andy ‘77 & Katy Honaman
Liz ‘76 & Barry Horwitz
Eiji & Hiromi Imai
Hiroyuki & Harumi Kamano
Bill ‘63 & Betsy Martino
Louise Meller ‘63 & Jay Lukowski
Eli & Chizu Mendoza
Scott & Mary Miller
Toshizumi & Junko Mizuno
David Morgenstern ‘88
Amane & Chizuru Nakashima
Hiroko Nishikawa Fu & Ming-Xia Fu
Tetsuya ‘94 & Kiyoko Nishimi
Catherine Piez ‘82 & Mark Whatford
Lenore Reese & Joshua Isenberg
Miriam Rich ‘76
Richard & Cynthia Schlichting
Joseph Schmelzeis ‘80 & Yuko Mizutori Schmelzeis
Susan & Theo Seltzer
David & Masako Semaya
Nathan Sult ‘75 & Beth Tarter
Kunio & Eriko Tahara
Yuko Takada
Polly Phillips Vasché & Burt Vasché
Alejo & Lusan Yao
Jinly Zee ‘90 & Kazuya Tsujita
EMPLOYEE DONORS
Thank you to the ASIJ employees who underscore their commitment to ASIJ with a gift to the ASIJ Annual Fund.
Current EMployees
Anonymous (3)
Tricia Apel
Warren Apel
Rieko Armstrong
Katrina Baker
Peter Baker
Meena Beardsley
Miyuki Benning
Maka Black Elk
Sanne Bloemarts
Sayako Bryson
Sean Bryson
Ryan Butz ‘04
Barb Callaghan
Amy Carey
Ryan Carey
Christy Carrillo
Milan Claudio
Polly Cline
Shayne Cokerdem
Diane Cokerdem-DePriest
Raquel Constenla
Rigel Crockett
Anne Cunningham
Pip Curtis
Lennie Davis
Tamera Davis
Tai Dirkse ‘06
Carmen Dolman
Casey Doumitt
Ivar Eimon ‘80
Cory Evans-Klock
Bart Fabianowicz
Kate Fabianowicz
Andy Faulk
Laura Faulk
Emily Fichardt
Hardi Fichardt
Misael Fisico
Meagan Frazier
Yoshiko Furukawa-Lee
Jessica Ganet
David Gardner
Pia Gardner
Bapi Ghosh ‘90
Miwa Ghosh
Kiranmayi Gorantla
Kathy Gruzynski
Caroline Haddad
Jim Hardin
Jeff Harrison
Manon Harrison
Nick Heidt
Naoko Hirasawa
Chris Hopper
Taeko Ito
Catherine Iwata
Ken Iwata
Laurel Janewicz
Andy Jones
Paloma Julian
Koji Kadotani
Erin Kahle
Saori Kakihara
Christy Kaneko
Iku Kano
Aileen Kanoh
Catherine Kim
Mary Koizumi
Ako Krisher ‘90
Leah Kuykendall
Matt Kuykendall
Heidi L’Heureux
Marc L’Heureux
Meenakshi Lahad
Tracie Landry
Kathleen Lewis-Workman
Johnson Lin
Karen List
Leah Llamzon
Craig Macek
Debby Macek
Annie Markovich
Natalia Martinez
Justin Marut ‘10
Ai McShane
Phil Meehan
Shinobu Morohoshi ‘98
Carl Murray
Jilene Murray
Ikuko Nakayoshi
Yasu Nakayoshi ‘90
Becky Naughton
Ryan Naughton
Anjali Nirmalan
Craig Noon
Yumi Noon
Bill Novy
Mariko Ohno ‘03
Cami Okubo
Sayaka Osabe
Tanya Pachter
Zoë Paraskevopoulos
Nami Pettit
Josh Raub
Jamie Richard
Damaris Rivera
Jon Sack ‘00
Leila Sakagawa
Jared Sell
Joy Sell
Todd Sessoms
Mihoko Shimada
Leah Shy
Kate Sikora
Minako Sugiya
Sarah Sutter
Ryosuke Suzuki
Kyoko Takano
Mimi Takano ‘10
Yue Takigayama
Nicola Takizawa
Andy Thiel
Tia Thiel
Jeff Torchon
Nikki Torchon
Ali Trainor
Ty Trainor
Koshiro Tsuji
Miho Vargo
Srilalitha Venkatesh Prasad
Marc Vermeire
Suzanna Voigt
Amy Vriend
Pete Vriend
Kyoko Wakutsu
Russell Walsh
Matt Wilce
Scott Wilcox
Sheila Wilcox
Cory Willey
Dee Willey
Frazer Wilson
Min Wu
Bronwyn Yamasaki
Mariko Yokosuka
Amy Zuber Meehan
FORMER Employees
Dan Bender
Ruth Bender
Pam Cooper
Peter Cooper
Clee Edgar †
Jenn Eng
Patty Floch
Dan Gogerty
Lana Gogerty
Marti Hardin
Joe Hoffman
Susan Huber
Pamela Jones-Morton, PhD
Miranda Liu
Claire Lonergan
Mary Margaret Mallat
Margaret Pietraszek
Carol Prewitt
Dave Prewitt
Josh Reckord
Nancy Reckord
Fran Snell
Richard Snell
Carol Squier
Mid Squier
Polly Phillips Vasché
Deborah Vermeire
Randy Wanless
Gene Witt
Janet Witt
Mary Gene Woods
Parent Donors
Thank you to the parents of current students who gave to any fund at ASIJ in the 2024-25 school year.
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Minako Abe ‘88 & Michael Shelton
Jeff & Akiko Acton
Shigeki & Noriko Adachi
Jordi Agud Ruiz & Raquel Vila Viñas
Akshay & Shuchandrima Ahuja
Rei & Rumi Aiba
Jeffrey & Miwa Annis
Matthew & Nagako Aoyagi
Takashi & Haruka Arikai
Rieko & Ryan Armstrong
Giovanny & Rie Arroba
Yasu & Izumi Ashikawa
David Asikin & Ayumi Chikamoto
Avi & Tal Baingold
Peter & Katrina Baker
Andrew & KT Barous
Jack Basaly & Regy Makary
Sean & Madeleine Batson
Meena & Steve Beardsley
Jamie Becchetti & Kyoko Okada
Selim Benba & Deniz Aygun Benba
Brian & Ayako Bender
Michael & Noriko Benner
Taro & Sayoko Bhasin
Rachel Bibee & Uriah Cooper
Michael & Keiko Bidinger
Jason & Nagisa Block
Sanne Bloemarts & Pieter Terpstra
Christopher & Miki Bonsi
Kristian & Miki Bradshaw
Denis Bregeon & Karine Desperques
Rick & Ayumi Brown
Sayako & Robin Bryson
Pascal Buckley & Stephanie Waugh
James & Ali Buford
Ian Burkheimer & Yoko Inaba
Dale & Megumi Caldwell
Barb Callaghan & Evan Resnick
Christy Carrillo & Tim Littlefield
Jerry & Kiyoko Carter
Kieron Cashell & Kotoha Haga
Yeongnam Chae & Yunji Jeong
Jack Chang & Cindy Zhong
Cram & Anya Chavali
Changyu Chen & Ai Nakao
Charles Chen & Samantha Cao
Luyi Chen & Ruby Xu
Stephen & Candice Chen
Eunjo Chon & Kyung Eun Jang
Richard Chuang & Stephanie Hong
Katie & Doug Chuchro
Archie & Yoko Ciganer Albeniz
Simon Clancy & Yuki Hikage
Shayne Cokerdem & Diane Cokerdem-DePriest
Justin & April Cook
Eduardo Costa & Susana Murteira
Rigel Crockett & Ariel Janzen
Magnus Damm
Basil & Chieko Dan
Lennie & Tamera Davis
Ozgur & Ozge Demirkol
Daniel ‘89 & Yuko DiCicco
Taiichi Doi & Fanglin Ho
Mark & Miwako Drabkin
Russell & Tiffany Duncan
Peter ‘88 & Megumi Durfee
Robert & Hitomi Early
Masato & Yoshiko Edo
Hiroaki & Nao Ehira
Sariel Engel & Olla Honigman
Jonathan & Liu Epstein
Gonzalo Esparza Pedroza & Martha Esparza Gaucin
Kate & Bart Fabianowicz
Laura & Andy Faulk
Hardi & Emily Fichardt
Jim & Mika Fink
Michael & Kayoko Foley
Eric Frost & Erica Finsness
John Fu & Ai Ito
Kenta & Noriko Fujii
Manabu & Aki Fujita
Fuyuki & Tomoko Fujiwara
Yuka & Daisuke Fujiwara
Lalaka ‘93 & Jin Fukuma
Daisuke & Naomi Fukumoto
Taro & Keiko Fukuzaki
Tak & Natsumi Furukawa
Yoshiko Furukawa-Lee &
Michael Lee
Jeff & Miki Galvin
Nilay Gami & Monika Sharma-Gami
David & Pia Gardner
Taka & Aiko Go
Renaud Gocsei & Aya Higashio
Eric & Ayako Golden
Julius & Momo Goldsmith
Carlos Alejandro Gonzalez Gonzalez
& Alicia Andrea Murrieta Fernandez
Tristan & Brad Goodrich
Samuel Gordon & Tomoko Katayama Gordon
Fumiko Goto
Natsuki & Aika Goto
Seth Graham & Akemi Suzuki
Thomas & June Grant
Michael ‘89 & Yuki Green
Eddie & Chi Guillemette
Wayne Guo & Rachel Zhong
Corey & Yasuko Gustin
Caroline & Scott Haddad
David & Michiko Hamaty
John ‘94 & Ellie Hanawa
Mami Handa
Kenjiro & Ryoko Harada
Masatomo & Tomoko Harigaya
Jeff & Manon Harrison
Noriko ‘07 & Akinori Hashimoto
Matthew Hassan & Mari Ojima
Keiji & Mayumi Hattori
Dustin Havenar & Inna Caron
Eiji Hayakawa & Paula Tashima
Toru & Miwako Hayasaka
Andrew & Mika Hershon
Akihito & Tomoko Hirasawa
Naoko & Taku Hirasawa
Michie Hisada
Hiroaki Hishida & Kyungmi Kim
Ian Ho & Sandra Wong
Mats & Hiroe Holjo
Shinichiro & Suzuko Hori
Eiji & Hiromi Imai
Ken & Yuriko Imai
Yoh & Anna Imoto
Yasutaka & Kanako Inoue
Yuko & Hisashi Inoue
Atsuko & Yuichiro Ishibashi
Keiko & Masayuki Ishido
Victor Ishikawa Katagiri & Kaori Ishikawa
Riei & Kaoru Ishizeki
Narumi & Yuki Ito
Taeko & Katsuhiro Ito
Ken & Catherine Iwata
Makoto Iyobe & Claire Chen
Takuzo & Hanako Izawa
Andy Jones & Erin Kahle
Osamu & Mami Kagawa
Saori Kakihara & Yongjin Chang
Stephen & Kaori Kampa
Yasuyuki & Aya Kanda
Jun & Akane Kaneko
Tetsuya & Sofia Kaneko
Youjong Kang & Haejin Kwon
Johannes & Lisa Kaps
Reo & Ai Kasai
Rika & David Jun Kasamatsu
Ryotaro & Junko Kato
Tadashi & Mena Kato
Kirk & Sharmaine Kauffman
Kaz ‘00 & Maki Kawaguchi
Jun & Noriko Kawahara
Keiji & Yuiko Kawamoto
Koji & Ai Kikura
So & Haruko Kikuya
Catherine & Mark Kim
Eungjin Jeremiah Kim & Hyungha Gweon
Jungin & Yunjoo Kim
Minsu Kim & Yoonha Lee
Mike King & Makiko Nishimura
Michael Kinstle & Teruko Iida-Kinstle
Hideki Kinuhata & Vicki Chen
Mai Kitamura
Eita & Miyuki Kitani
Toshiki & Masayo Kitao
Manami & Masatoshi Kobayashi
Norio Kobayashi & Margaret Yu
Takashi & Toshiyo Kobayashi
Terumi & Takashi Kobayashi
Shuhei & Sayako Koga
Taka & Yoko Kohata
Junji & Aya Koike
Taro & Reiko Kondo
Preeti & Vivek Kothari
Wei Ku & Mina Utsuki
Matt & Leah Kuykendall
Elad & Saori Lachovitzki
Steve & Yuriko Lai
Benjamin & Aki Lang
Phi & Masumi Le
David ‘86 & Kaori Lee
Kevin & Stephanie Lee
Peter Lee & Ann Tang
Rian Heungsil & Soojean Lee
Jerry Levin & Minako Sakurai
Hailin Li & Yan Dai
Hiroshi Li & Sherry Sun
Nan Li & Ye (Emily) Bai
Zhibin Li & Yanqi Wang
Hideyuki & Marina Liu
Aaron & Chiho Lloyd
Sam Ma & Veronica Quan
Akira & Yuko Makita
Katsuhiko & Sachiko Mano
Buddy ‘85 & Hitomi Marini
Aki Matz Matsudaira
Akira & Yumi Matsuya
Enrique Mazon & Suheir Nasereddin
Ronald & Shontrease McKinley
Kevin & Nobuko McNeeley
Ai & Rory McShane
Nancy & David Michels
Chad Miller & Cathy Kitahara
Kristen & Richard Miller ‘97
Michael & Jennifer Min
NingNing Minamisawa
Ayanori & Miriam Mitsui
Hiroshi & Junko Miyashita
Tomoya & Megumi Mizogami
Shinichi & Ayaka Mizuta
Eelco Modderman & Emily Hengeveld
Chris & Kumiko Moores
Ryosuke & Rie Morii
Ricardo Morisco Tasca & Mariana Bechara Tasca
Hiroki & Yukina Morita
Jim Muir & Miwa Kanai
Yumiko Murakami & Todd Moses
Kensuke & Maiko Murashima
Yo & Nozomi Nagami
Ikutaro & Mika Nakajima
Maki & Dai Nakamura
Mariko & Hiro Nakamura
Naoya & Hitomi Nakamura
Akinori & Mariko Nakano
Kozo & Minako Nakatani
Tetsu ‘84 & Ayumi Nakayama
Yasu ‘90 & Ikuko Nakayoshi
Norihiko & Keiko Namba
James & Stacey Nation
Shogo & Yuki Nishida
Mori Nixon & EunYoung Choi
Craig & Yumi Noon
Bill Novy & Thi Huong Giang Le
Stephen & Karen O’Neill
Yusuke & Junko Oba
Masato & Akari Ochi
Noriyuki & Naho Ogawa
Ryuzo ‘99 & Tomoko Ogawa
Aisa Ogoshi & Sam Baillie
Jisa Oh
Mariko Ohno ‘03
Hikaru & Yoshiko Okada
Junichi & Aoi Okada
Tetsuji ‘98 & Eri Okamoto
Cami Okubo & Roger Gula
Nao & Rie Okuda
Kirk & Agnes Ouellette
Arthur & Kaya Ozeki
Tanya & Ben Pachter
Paul Pang & Ellie Huang
Chiman Park & Alice Seo
Chris Park & Chloe Cha
Mark Park & Jung Hwang
Petar & Bojana Petreski
Nami & Isaac Pettit
Albert & Kara Piscopo
Shane & Nao Predeek
Roy Prieb & Miho Walsh
Shuangliu Qi & Shasha Shi
Josh Raub & Mihoko Shimada
Lenore Reese & Joshua Isenberg
Ken & Debbie Reilly
Alberto Rinon & Kyoko Matsushita
Davide & Haruna Rossi
Alan Roth & Blair Perilman
JP & Anna Said Pullicino
Leila & Kenichi Sakagawa
Hiko & Yoko Sakamoto
David Sancho Shimizu & Risako Shima
Kenjiro & Keiko Sano
Junichi & Rachel Zhang Sato
Jeff & Ikuko Schrepfer
Ichiran Seki & Iris Wu
Heather & Shuhei Sekiguchi
Todd Sessoms & Jessica Ganet
Fumiko Shiobara & Hideyuki Hiramoto
Keita Shiotani
Leah Shy & Frazer Wilson
Kris Sisneros & Tomoko Sisneros(Yasutake)
Charles & Emi Smith
Gary Smith & Amy Jeng
Billy So
Hisaya & Kinuko Sobajima
Chris & Leslie Sobotka
Alan & Emi Sorba
Darren & Sally Spencer
Jonathan & Amanda Stradling
Yoshitaka & Mizuki Sugihara
David & Aude Sun
Tao Sun & Ying Dong
Shoko Suto
Erimitsu & Tamami Suzuki
Kenichi & Akira Suzuki
Ryosuke & Sara Suzuki
Shunsuke & Saeka Suzuki
Andrey Svininnikov & Yasuko Svininnikova
Mark & Grace Swaine
Kunio & Eriko Tahara
Fumiko Tajima
Keiichi & Yuko Tajima
Hal & Tomoko Takahashi
Tomomichi & Yoko Takahashi
Yoshiro & Rie Takahashi
Yoshiyuki & Mayu Takanashi
Hiro & Yuka Takeda
Yue & Hiroaki Takigayama
Hiroyuki & Yukari Takizawa
Sayo & Eiji Takizawa
Kiyotaka Tanaka & Shiho Watabe
Wakana Tanaka
Hideto & Ayaka Tanihara
Michel ‘98 & Chie Tarna
Toyoko Tasaki ‘86 & Kenichi Katayama
Ted & Lia Tawara
Sayumi Terao ‘07 & Hiroshi Horikoshi
Andy & Tia Thiel
Philippe Thirouard & Akiko Kikuchi
Ryan Timms & Aya Yamaura-Timms
Kei Toki & Jie Cao
Jeff & Nikki Torchon
Ty & Ali Trainor
Shoji & Junko Tsuboyama
Carol Tsuchida
Ikushin Tsuchida & Elaine Yang
Kosaku & Yurifa Tsuchida
Hironobu & Maki Tsujiguchi
Tugrul & Ezgi Tufan
Maiko Uda Hasumi & Teppei Hasumi
Tom & Sachiko Ueki
Hajime & Junko Ueno
Ko & Misato Umeno
Miho & Keith Vargo
Marc & Deborah Vermeire
Pete & Amy Vriend
CJ Wang & Lina Bair
Duan Wang & Chelsea Shi
Jianfeng & Ting Wang
Yun Wang & Jill Quinh
Richard Watanabe & Deni Cheng
Shinsuke & Kanako Watanabe
Hai Wei & Nicole Wang
Neil & Andi Weingarten
Daniel Wichert & Tomi Osawa
Scott & Sheila Wilcox
Cory & Dee Willey
John & Fumie Winebarger
Bill & Akane Wiswell
Robert Wray & Takako Morishima
Roger & Toshimi Wright
Wengang Wu & Mingzhu Jiang
Simon Xiao & Lesley Wang
Satoshi & Erina Yamagata
Takeshi & Marina Yamaguchi
Toru & Chihiro Yamaguchi
Yumi Yamaguchi
Shingo & Ann Yamanaka
Atsushi & Akari Yamashita
Yuichiro & Miki Yamazaki
An Yan & Grace Hu
Jack Yan & Natsuko Moriyama
Frank Yang & Lina Chen
Ayako Yashiro
Chris Yeh & Shino Torigoe-Yeh
Masato ‘98 & Mariko Yokosuka
Akira & Fumie Yorisue
Tatsuo & Miho Yoshikawa
Yoshi & Nancy Yoshitsugu
Pedro & Gypsy Zacharias
Jinly Zee ‘90 & Kazuya Tsujita
Charles Zhang & Shirley Shen
Frank Zhang & Susan Huang
Jessica Zhang & Changming Zhao
Liangping Zhang & Yuki Fu
Yanning Zhou & Jie Kong
Amy Zuber Meehan & Phil Meehan
Alumni and Former Student Parent Donors
Thank you to the parents of alumni and former students who gave to any fund at ASIJ in the 2024-25 school year.
Anonymous (6)
Jordi Agud Ruiz & Raquel Vila Viñas
Jeffrey & Miwa Annis
Matthew & Nagako Aoyagi
Rieko & Ryan Armstrong
Avi & Tal Baingold
Sue Barber
Jim & Sue Barrett
Jim ‘68 & Patty ‘69 Bartlett
Jack Basaly & Regy Makary
Dan & Ruth Bender
Michael & Noriko Benner
Miyuki Benning
Jeff & Seiko Bernier
Jan ‘71 & Craig Blizzard
Christopher & Miki Bonsi
Denis Bregeon & Karine Desperques
Susie ‘85 & Sean Brennan
Catlan & John Brinsley
Ian Burkheimer & Yoko Inaba
Dale & Megumi Caldwell
Alan Cannon & Fuyumi Kitakado
Amy & Ryan Carey
Christy Carrillo & Tim Littlefield
Marc Chapman ‘95 & Yoshiko Matsuhisa
Eunjo Chon & Kyung Eun Jang
Shayne Cokerdem & Diane Cokerdem-DePriest
Andrew & Chitose Conrad
Justin & April Cook
Tom & Cheryle Coopat
Peter & Pam Cooper
Jeannette Cosby
Roxana Daver & Peter Massion
Daniel ‘89 & Yuko DiCicco
Jeff & Deanne Dornoff
Bryan & Christa Douglass
Eric & Misa Edmunds
Deanna ‘86 & Peter Elstrom
Jonathan & Liu Epstein
Gonzalo Esparza Pedroza & Martha Esparza Gaucin
Daniel ‘92 & Erin Fillion
Jim & Mika Fink
Richard & Stephanie Folsom
Manabu & Aki Fujita
Bapi ‘90 & Miwa Ghosh
Dan & Lana Gogerty
Kiranmayi & Ramana Gorantla
Eddie & Chi Guillemette
Corey & Yasuko Gustin
Caroline & Scott Haddad
Esther Harte
Matthew Hassan & Mari Ojima
Beatrice & Kenneth Hermann
Ernie ‘70 & Aya Higa
Akihito & Tomoko Hirasawa
Michie Hisada
Ian Ho & Sandra Wong
Mats & Hiroe Holjo
Susan Huber
Jason Hyland & Andrijana Cvetkovikj
Katsuo & Asami Inoue
Atsuko & Yuichiro Ishibashi
Yu & Yoshino Ishihara
Francisco & Kyoko Izawa
Genji ‘95 & Moko Jacobs
Larry James
Jay & Adrianne Johnson
Saori Kakihara & Yongjin Chang
Stephen & Kaori Kampa
Mary ‘70 & Shohachi Katayama
Jack & Pamela Keese
Jon & Sachiko Kindred
Taka & Yoko Kohata
Taro & Reiko Kondo
Partha & Lia Kumar
Marc & Heidi L’Heureux
Meenakshi & Samir Lahad
Nick & Holly Lane
The Latner Family
Morgan Laughlin & Rumiko Sato-Laughlin
Phi & Masumi Le
Eun & Angela Lee
Kathleen & Steve Lewis-Workman
Leah & Larry Llamzon
Hiroko Lockheimer
Dimitri Lorenzon & Laura Huizi
Craig & Debby Macek
Nasir & Chie Majid
Mary Margaret Mallat & David Deck
Toyokazu & Naomi Matsumoto
Eli & Chizu Mendoza
Nancy & David Michels
Scott & Mary Miller
Masashi & Kayo Mizobuchi
Toshizumi & Junko Mizuno
Frederick ‘83 & Kendra Morgenstern
Noriko Murai & Bill Yeskel
Yumiko Murakami & Todd Moses
Amane & Chizuru Nakashima
Mayumi Nakayama ‘93
Yasu ‘90 & Ikuko Nakayoshi
James & Stacey Nation
Brian ‘85 & Aileen Nelson
Kirk & Mariko Neureiter
David & Tina Nishida ‘85
Emi Nishikawa
Hiroko Nishikawa Fu & Ming-Xia Fu
Hideo & Kazuko Niwa
Stephen & Karen O’Neill
Marcus & Kazuko Okuno
Kirk & Agnes Ouellette
Arthur & Kaya Ozeki
Chiman Park & Alice Seo
Margaret & Henry Pietraszek
Kathy Pike
Albert & Kara Piscopo
John & Mimi Plum
Thierry Porté
John & Shoko Possman
Dave & Carol Prewitt
Josh & Nancy Reckord
Lenore Reese & Joshua Isenberg
Ken & Debbie Reilly
Damaris Rivera & John Fahy
Yutaka & Kyoko Sano
Richard & Cynthia Schlichting
Jeff & Ikuko Schrepfer
Susan & Theo Seltzer
David & Masako Semaya
Saori & Tom Silecchia
Nick & Yumiko Silver
Ronald & Toshiko Slattery
Charles & Emi Smith
Richard & Fran Snell
Hisaya & Kinuko Sobajima
Darren & Sally Spencer
Marco Spola & Elena Fangazio
Mid & Carol Squier
Susan Sullivan
Linda Suzukawa-Tseng ‘72
Yuko Takada
Kyoko & Roy Takano
Nicola & Takao Takizawa
Jay & Yuki Talbot
Hiroshi & Michiyo Tanimoto
Andy & Tia Thiel
Stephanie & Jon-Paul Toppino
Jeffrey Tunis
Hajime & Junko Ueno
Yo ‘69 & Mariko Usui
Srilalitha Venkatesh Prasad & Venkatesh Prasad Sharma
Marc & Deborah Vermeire
Kurt & Sayaka Wagner
Ernie ‘75 & Yuko Wakamatsu
Kyoko & Hiroshi Wakutsu
Linda Wardell
Tom & Misty Whitson
Albert & Ineke Wierman
Scott & Sheila Wilcox
John & Fumie Winebarger
Gene & Janet Witt
Bob & Mary Gene Woods
Paul & Afifah Yamasaki
Alejo & Lusan Yao
Pedro & Gypsy Zacharias
Community Donors
Gifts were made to ASIJ in honor of
ASIJ Faculty and Staff
Toru & Miwako Hayasaka
Kris Sisneros & Tomoko Sisneros (Yasutake)
Amy Carey and Barb Callaghan
Kozo & Minako Nakatani
Christy Carrillo and the ELC Team
Yoshiro & Rie Takahashi
Ray ’50 † and Vicki Downs
Jill ‘63 and Hung Cheng
Heidi L’Heureux and Miwa Ghosh
Natsuki & Aika Goto
Yoko and Yoshisada Narita
Eiko Narita ’94
Kyoko Takano
Kei Kuwahara ’09
Gifts were made to ASIJ in memory of
Leslie Crandall
Jill ‘63 and Hung Cheng
Bill Jacobsson
Jerry ’81 & Bonnie Livingston
John Hsia ‘57
Kimberly Hsia
George Wright and Marian Dobbs
Roger & Toshimi Wright
Grandparents
Gloria Gellai
Jon & Sachiko Kindred
Nakao Tawara
Yasuyo Yamada
Friends
Anonymous (3)
Kimberly Hsia
Hiroyuki & Harumi Kamano
Eric Ristow
Kenneth Rosenbaum
Gift-in-kind
CHANEL G.K.
Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.
Dave ’89 & Anne Fruehling
Jim & Marti Hardin
Masato & Akari Ochi
The Gate Society
Matching Corporations
Alcon Labs Japan
Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
Google Cloud Japan
Google GK
Google Japan
Indeed Japan
Microsoft
Netflix
Salesforce
T Rowe Price Japan KK
Thank you to those who have remembered ASIJ in their estate plans.
Irene Anderson ‘74 & James Somes
Dave ‘60 & Jeannine Bergt
Frederick Cohen ‘69
Peter & Pam Cooper
Thurman Dennis †
Ray Downs ‘50 †
Vicky Downs
Bruce Forgrieve ‘77
Kenneth Glazier ‘67
Mary Harada ‘81
Frederick Harris †
Robert Haven †
Ann Hesselink ‘71
Abigail Hoffsommer 1927 †
Walter Hoffsommer 1929 †
James Huddle ‘70
Pamela Jones-Morton, PhD
Julia Ludlow-Ortner ‘72 & Robert Ortner
Dick Muhl
Kerry & Lynn Nichols
David Nicodemus 1933 †
David Proctor
Hideko Shibata ‘66
Ronald Snyder †
John Sullivan †
Carl Sundberg ‘77
Chizu Suzuki ‘64
George Ting ‘64
Robin ‘67 & Ludd Trozpek
Jeffrey Tunis
Brent Ware ‘74 † Deceased
ENDOWMENT
We thank the donors who established funds within the endowment, either for the purpose of ensuring a specific program in perpetuity or providing the school flexibility to use funds where it sees most need. Gifts can be made to existing funds at any time.
One new fund was established within the endowment in 2024-25:
MARE Fund | for Japanese language and culture programming
Mariko and Hiro Nakamura
Thank you to the donors who made gifts in 2024-25 to the below funds:
Alumni Scholarship Fund
ASIJ Technology Fund
David Nicodemus Bequest
Edwin and Haru Matsukata
Reischauer Fund
The Equinox Fund
Peter Lee and Ann Tang
Faculty Development Fund
Financial Aid
Four Reds Fund
General Endowment
Robin ’67 and Ludd Trozpek
Hoffsommer Memorial Fund
John Sullivan Memorial Fund
Joseph E DeMarsh Scholarship Fund
Ki Nimori Fund
Munzenmeyer Memorial Fund
Ray Downs Faculty Fund
Ray Downs Scholarship Fund
Reischauer Fund
Strength and Courage Fund
Gaylynn Nakamatsu ’91
The Takakuni Go Fund
Toma Family Fund
Vicky Downs Scholarship Fund
Zee Family Fund
Jinly Zee ’90 and Kazuya Tsujita
