2025 Nisei Week Court (L to R): Princess Mia Miyoko Takatsuka; Princess Samantha Kimiyo Cirelli; Miss Tomodachi Mika Fumiyo Megumi Dyo; Nisei Week Queen Kimi Look; First Princess Megan Ayumi Miyamoto; Princess Emma Yasuko Shojinaga Fukunaga; Princess Casey Mariko Kuramoto (Photo by Toyo Miyatake Studio. Facebook/Nisei Week Foundation)
Los Angeles – The Nisei Week Foundation selected 25-year old Kimi Look of Torrance as the 2025 Nisei Week Queen at the 2025 Nisei Week Queen Coronation event in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles on August 9, 2025.
Japanese American Organizations-sponsored seven candidates vied for the title in Aratani Theatre with several hundred audiences. The programs included kimono presentation, Japanese dance, self-introduction, and question and answer session.
Kimi Look was born in Berkeley, California, and graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology, and a minor in biology. She currently works as a rehabilitation technician at Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital and as a medical assistant at Atelier Health, a concierge cardiology practice.
Upon official coronation on August 9, the 2025 Nisei Week Queen and Court represent the Nisei Week Foundation at this year’s 83rd Nisei Week Japanese Festival and other community events locally and nationally throughout the year.
Gardena Evening Optimist Club-sponsored Kimi Look is selected as the 2025 NW Queen at the coronation event in Aratani Theatre on August 9, 2025 (Photo by Toyo Miyatake Studio. Facebook/ Nisei Week Foundation)
Kimono presentation of the 2025 Nisei Week Queen candidates at Aratani Theatre on August 9, 2025 (Photo by Toyo Miyatake Studio. Facebook/Nisei Week Foundation)
2024 Nisei Week Queen Morgan Mayuko Gee and Court pose for a farewell to audiences at Aratani Theatre on August 9, 2025 (Photo by Tokyo Miyatake Studio. Facebook/Nisei Week Foundation)
