Colleen Hanabusa

Colleen Hanabusa earns my real respect. A Japanese American lawyer from Waianae who rose to represent Hawaii's 1st district in Congress, she carried voices from the middle of the Pacific all the way to Washington. Learning that she passed in 2026 lent her story a quiet weight for me. She studied at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and even challenged a sitting governor, which takes spine. I am drawn to public figures who never lose the texture of where they came from, and Hanabusa's whole arc, from island roots to the national stage, reads as exactly that kind of grounded, hard-won service. Rest well.

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Name (English)

Colleen Hanabusa

Name (Japanese)

コリーン・ハナブサ

Reading

こりーん・はなぶさ

Born

May 4, 1951 – March 6, 2026

Origin

Waianae, Hawaii, United States

Occupation

politician / lawyer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

University

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

• Official sitehttps://hanabusa.house.gov/
• Xhttps://x.com/RepHanabusa
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen%20Hanabusa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8A%E3%83%96%E3%82%B5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276359

Tags

• Hawaii
• politician
• lawyer

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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