2017 / Nisei Week: Grand Parade Line Up / Aug. 20 from 4 – 7 pm
The Nisei Week Grand Parade will be held at Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 20 from 4:00 pm.
77th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival Parade Lineup
(Line Up) (Class) (Name) (Footage)
101 77th ANNUAL NISEI WEEK 101 BANNER / FLAGS FESTIVAL PARADE / KOYASAN 5
102 MARCHING UNIT / AUTO ( OWN ) 100TH / 442nd VETERANS ASSOCIATION 20
103 MARCHING UNIT VETERANS OF KOREA / VIETNAM / GULF WARS 20
104 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #01 ) COUNCILMEMBER JOSE HUIZAR / 14th DISTRICT 10
105 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #02 ) – 3 KAZUTOSHI HAYASHI / DEPUTY CONSUL GENERAL OF JAPAN 10
106 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #03 ) DEPUTY MAYOR KAZUO HORIBA / TERUKO WEINBERG / LANSCA 10
107 BAND NISEI WEEK FOUNDATION MARCHING BAND & ODORI DANCERS 60
108 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #04 ) CONGRESSMAN JIMMY GOMEZ / 34th DISTRICT 10
109 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #05 ) ASSEMBLYMAN MIGUEL SANTIAGO / 53rd DISTRICT 10
110 AUTO ( OWN ) ASSEMBLYMAN AL MURATSUCHI / 66TH DISTRICT 10
111 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #06 ) SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS / 1st DISTRICT 10
112 SOUND TRUCK SOUND TRUCK 20
113 ONDO DANCE GROUP #1 BANDO HIDESOMI NIHON BUYO CLASS / LA BANDO RYU 30
114 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #07 ) MADAME BANDO HIDESOMI / NISEI WEEK CHOREOGRAPHER 10
115
116 FLOAT ( GREEN ) 2016 NISEI WEEK QUEEN & COURT ( JAL ) 40
117 AUTO ( OWN / LYLE ) ROSE MATSUI OCHI / GRAND MARSHAL 10
118 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #08 ) YUKO KAIFU / PRESIDENT / JAPAN HOUSE LA / TERRY HARA 10
119 FLOAT ( TRAIN ) NISEI WEEK BABY SHOW / PRINCE & PRINCESS 40
120 SOUND TRUCK SOUND TRUCK 20
121 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #09 ) COREY S. NAKATANI / PARADE MARSHAL 10
122 ONDO DANCE GROUP #2 SFVJACC MEIJI CLUB ONDO DANCE GROUP 30
123 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #10 ) HITOSHI ISHIKAWA / PRESIDENT / JAPAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 10
124 AUTO ( OWN ) GEORGE TANAKA / CHAIRMAN / JACCC
125 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #11 ) SNEHAL DESAI / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / EAST WEST PLAYERS 10
126 FLOAT ( TROLLEY #1 ) MISS LA CHINATOWN / MANZANAR COMMITTEE 40
127 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #12 ) MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH 10
128 NOVELTY THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE 20
129 FLOAT ( GREEN ) NORTHERN CA CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL ( JVP ) 40
130
131 MARCHING UNIT LITTLE TOKYO COSPLAY GATHERINGS 40
132 AUTO ( OWN ) KEN HAMAMURA / JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM 10
133 MARCHING UNIT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM 20
134 BOMBU TAIKO JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM 20
135 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #13 ) – 2 COUNCILMEMBER GENE MASUDA / CITY OF PASADENA 10
136 SOUND TRUCK SOUND TRUCK 20
137 ONDO DANCE GROUP #3 NISEI WEEK FOUNDATION ONDO GROUP / PUBLIC DANCERS 30
138 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #14 ) COUNCILMEMBER JEFF MALONEY / CITY OF ALHAMBRA 10
139 AUTO ( OWN ) GARY YAMAUCHI / CITY OF ALHAMBRA 10
140 FLOAT ( GREEN ) CHIKARA DAIKO ( DCA ) 40
141 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #15 ) EDEN KAI / ACTOR 10
142 MARCHING UNIT ANIME JUNGLE / YOWAMUSHI PEDAL 20
143 AUTO ( OWN ) ANIME JUNGLE / DECORATED CARS 30
144 MARCHING UNIT ANIME JUNGLE / HARAJUKU FASHION GIRLS 20
145
146 AUTO ( OWN ) GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATION CENTER 10
147 MIKOSHI RAFU MUTSUMI-KAI 20
148 AUTO ( OWN ) MONTEBELLO – ASHIYA SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION 10
149 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #16 ) DEPUTY CHIEF FLIGIEL / DEPUTY CHIEF YAMAHATA ( RETIRED ) / LAFD 20
150 FIRE TRUCK # LOS ANGELES CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT 40
201JEFF AUTO ( COMMITTEE #17 ) – 4 FOLICK / NISEI WEEK PIONEER 10
202 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #18 ) ED KAMIYAMA / NISEI WEEK PIONEER 10
203 AUTO ( OWN ) EDWARD K. TAKAHASHI / NISEI WEEK PIONEER 10
204 SOUND TRUCK SOUND TRUCK 20
205 ONDO DANCE GROUP #4 NIPPON MINYO KENKYUKAI / KOTOBUKI NO KAI 30
206 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #19 ) – 2 CAROL KAWANAMI / NISEI WEEK PIONEER 10
207 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #20 ) – 2 KITTY SANKEY / NISEI WEEK PIONEER 10
208 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #21 ) – 2 NORIKO SHIBATA / NISEI WEEK PIONEER 10
209 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #22 ) HARUO TAKEHANA / NISEI WEEK PIONEER 10
210
211 FLOAT ( GREEN ) HONOLULU JAPANESE CHAMBER CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL ( EGK ) 40
212 MARCHING UNIT LITTLE TOKYO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 20
213 AUTO ( OWN ) LA 2028 10
214 SOUND TRUCK SOUND TRUCK 20
215 ONDO DANCE GROUP #5 AZUMA SUMAKO KOTOBUKI KAI 30
216 MARCHING UNIT SHINKENDO KACCHUTAI 20
217 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #23 ) JEFF YAMAZAKI / PRESIDENT / JCCSC 10
218 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #24 ) – 2 KAZUHIKO NISHIMOTO / PRESIDENT / NANKA KENJINKAI KYOGIKAI 10
219 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #25 ) CRAIG ISHI / PRESIDENT / KIZUNA 10
220
221 SOUND TRUCK SOUND TRUCK 20
222 ONDO DANCE GROUP #6 NIPPON MINYO KENKYUKAI HOSHUN KAI 30
223 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #26 ) KEN MIYOSHI / PRODUCER / NISEI WEEK SHOWOFF CAR SHOW 10
224 AUTO ( OWN ) / 10 NISEI WEEK SHOWOFF CAR SHOW 60
225 FLOAT ( OWN ) NEBUTA FLOAT 60
226 NOVELTY NEBUTA DANCERS & DRUMMERS 20
227 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #27 ) LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER 10
228 MARCHING UNIT LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER 20
229 MARCHING UNIT RISSHO KOSEI KAI BUDDHIST CENTER OF LOS ANGELES 20
230
231 DRILL TEAM & DRUM SQUAD SOUNDERS DRILL TEAM & DRUM SQUAD 10
232 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #28 ) NIKKEI GAMES 10
233 MARCHING UNIT NIKKEI GAMES 20
234 MARCHING UNIT LITTLE TOKYO COSPLAYERS 20
235
236 FLOAT ( TROLLEY #2 ) FRANCES K. HASHIMOTO AWARD / INSPIRATION AWARD 40
237 SOUND TRUCK SOUND TRUCK 20
238 ONDO DANCE GROUP #7 AWA ODORI TOKUSHIMA REN 30
239 AUTO ( COMMITTEE #29 ) LEITON HASHIMOTO / PRESIDENT / NWFP / MARIAN CHUN / INSPIRATION WINNER 10
240 FLOAT ( GREEN ) 2017 NISEI WEEK QUEEN & COURT ( UNION BANK ) 40
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