Representing Waianae
2015 Waianae Coast Hall of Fame inductees by category:
Arts & Culture
• Mililani Allen (kumu hula – Halau Hula O Mililani in Wai‘anae)
• Margaret Apo (Board of Education)
• Frenchy DeSoto (Office of Hawaiian Affairs)
• Abigial Pilila‘au (composer and arranger)
• Lucio Badayos (cultural practitioner and fisherman)
• Raymond Kane (slack-key guitar master from Nanakuli)
• Buffalo Keaulana (Buffalo’s Big Board Surf Contest founder)
Athletics
• Lord James “Tally-Ho” Blears (professional wrestler)
• Edith Van Geison (Nanakuli Canoe Club)
• Ralph Onzuka (Waianae High School baseball coach)
• David Rona Ka‘aekuahiwi (Na Keiki O Ka Mo‘i Canoe Club founder)
• John K. Milles Sr. (Waianae Little League Baseball founder)
• Sabastian Rainey (ranch foreman and rodeo champion)
• Rell Sunn (world champion surfer)
• Larry Ginoza (Waianae High School football coach)
• Fred Pereira (Waianae Boxing Club)
Business
• John Awong Sr. (Maili movie theater founder)
• Hanabusa Brothers, Fudeo “Steve” Hanabusa and Isao “Sammy” Hanabusa (service station)
• Fredrick Meyer (Waianae sugar plantation manager)
• David Okimoto (Waianae Store owner)
• Wallace Poe (First Saloon owner in Waianae)
• Katsuichi Tamura (Tamura’s Store founder)
• William Aila Sr. (MA‘O Farms co-founder)
• Chinn Ho (Makaha Valley land developer)
Community Service
• Paige Kawelo Barger (Nanakuli Housing Corporation)
• Charles HK Holt (court records head in Waianae)
• Germaine Kealiikoa (Waianae Homestead Association)
• Jay Landis (Lions Club secretary)
• Katherine Maunakea (lauhala weaving master from Nanakuli)
• Phoebe Saucerman (Waianae Military Advisory Council founder)
• Julia Smith (Makaha Elementary School educator)
• Chuck Wothke (religious and civic leader)
• Marie Olsen (Nanakuli Homestead president)
• James Aki (former state senator from Waianae Coast)
• Richard Englar Sr. (Waianae High School educator)
• Billie Hauge (Mental Health Clinic co-founder)
• Anita Korenaga (Waianae High School educator)
• Bella Oclinario (Live and Let Live founder)
