2024 Business Hall of Fame Reception

Join us as we honor this year’s Big Island Inductee to the Junior Achievement of Hawaiʻi’s Business Hall of Fame

Mike Miyahira of Business Strategies

Thursday, August 22, 2024 5:30 pm
The Arc of Hilo Multi-Purpose Event Center


Platinum Sponsor $1,500
includes table of eight, logo and name recognition

Gold Sponsor $1,000
includes table of eight and name recognition
Individual seats are also available for $100

Your support will help JA continue to expand opportunities for Hawai’i Island students from kindergarten through high school. JA programs prepare our keiki by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace.


Please see attached form and instruction for all opportunities.

View Mike’s Profile

Big Island Business
Hall of Fame Laureates

Robert M. Fujimoto
HPM Building Supply, 1990
Allan K. Ikawa
Big Island Candies, 1995
Jack Miyashiro
Jack’s Tours of Hilo, 1997
Tony Taniguchi
KTA Super Stores, 1998
Edward T. Fukuda
Kandi’s Drive Inn, 2001
Richard S. Miyashiro
Café 100, 2000
David S. De Luz, Sr.
David S. De Luz, Sr. Enterprises, 2004
Harold Tanouye
Green Point Nurseries, 2007
Richard Ha
Hamakua Springs Country Farms, 2008
Herbert Monty Richards Jr.
Kahua Ranch, 2009
Barry K. Taniguchi
KTA Super Stores, 2010
Richard Henderson
Entrepreneur & former State Senator, 2011
Ric Maiava & Debra Ching-Maiava
Restaurateurs, 2012
Russell Oda
Architect, 2013
Wayne & Guy Kamitaki, Lynn Ushijima and Paul Mizoguchi
HouseMart
, 2014
Brian Kitagawa I.
Kitagawa & Company, 2015
Mike Tokunaga &
Peggy Konanui-Tokunaga

S. Tokunaga Store, 2016
Sig Zane & Nalani Kanakaole
Sig Zane Designs, 2017
Sharon Scheele
Inoue*Hawai‘i Realty, 2019
Mike Fujimoto
HPM Building Supply, 2020
Sidney Fuke
Sidney Fuke Planning Consultants, 2023
JA of Hawai’i Island’s
Distinguished Supporter
Award Recipients

Art Taniguchi, 2019
Jackie De Luz & Susan Labrenz, 2020
Irene Nagao, 2023