Other boxers at Cherry Blossom Saimin Stand that morning were Seizu “Paul” Inamine, age 19, and Hisao Uyeno, age 20.
Paul Inamine (pictured at the center top) was considered to be one of the most promising prospects of local boxing. He was a flyweight, bantam weight boxer who fought as an amateur from 1939-1941, wearing CYO colors. He turned professional the month before he died.
Inamine was born in the Waiakea Camp (4) and boxed for Waiakea-Uka Sugar Mill team at seventeen years old. He was a member of the 1941 Territorial All-star team (his most famous win was over future world champion Dado Marino) and in November 1941 he turned professional. Inamine's younger brothers Joe and Jim were also accomplished amateur boxers. (Journal of Combative Sports)
PHOTO: At center is Paul Inamine. On the left is Hisao Uyeno. The photos were posted by the Journal of Combative Sports at http://ejmas.com/jcs/jcsart_svinth1_1200.htm
The only information I could find about Uyeno is that he was from Hiroshima-ken. (Most of the other boxers were from Okinawa.) In the list of civilian dead Hisao Uyeno is listed as age 20. Also listed as Hiso Uyeno, also listed as Hisayo Uyeno, also listed as age 15.
Yoshio "Bunny" Tokusato, age 19, was killed at the saimin stand also. Tokusato was from Waiakea Camp (6) Tokusato was not a boxer, but his brother Paul was.
RESEARCH NOTE: The best source of information I've found about the CYO boxers is from the Journal of Combative Sports. (http://ejmas.com/jcs/jcsart_svinth1_1200.htm) The bibliography is excellent. There are interviews with relatives of the boxers at the COH, but this article consolidates and cites a bulk of the information that has been published.
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