Sanji Abe

Name: Sanji Abe
Hometown: Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Died: 1982-11-26 (Age:87)
Promoter: Record

Abe was a promoter on the Big Island of Hawaii during the 1930s. He went on to become the first Japanese-American to be elected to the Hawaiian territorial senate, representing South Hilo as a Republican. Abe's dual Japanese and American citizenship gave him notoriety, but gave him undue attention during World War II when he was arrested for having a Japanese flag. Abe was held in a Japanese internment camp for 19 months, and was forced to relinquish his senate seat.