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Past Temple Ministers

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Koyu Uchida (1905, 1917-1919)

Junjo Izumida (1908)

Doshun Mizutani (1912-1915)

Tessho Ono (1912-1913)

Tetsugai Jisoji (1915-1919)

Zenyu Aoki (1917-1918)

Chosui Ike (1918-1926)

Nishu Utsuki (1918-1920)

Itsuzo Kyogoku (1919-1922)

Junin Ono (1920-1922)

Ryugyo Fujimoto (1920-1922)

Kenjo Kurokawa (1920-1923)

Ryuichi Fujii (1920-1924, 1931-1933)

Tetsuyu Osu (1922-1926)

Iwao Watanabe (1922-1924)

Shoji Yamada (1924-1926)

Sensho Sasaki (1926-1927)

Shoho Suginara (1927-1929)

Shoshi Ozeki (1927-1928)

Shoshin Taguchi (1928)

Kosho Ogura (1926-1931)

Gyosho Noda (1928-1931)

Eishin Hayashi (1929-1931)

Hozen Seki (1920-1933)

Shozen Naito (1930-1933)

Hirofumi Kuwabata (1931-1938)

Doro Kanda (1931-1934)

Glen Hinami (1931)

Zenki Toyota (1932-1933)

Keiyu Owcho (1932-1934)

Hosho Sasaki (1933-1935)

Jokatsu Yukawa (1933-1940)

Julius Goldwater (1936-1945)

Masao Washioka (1934-1938)

Shinjo Nagatomi (1934-1936)

Kodo Saiki (1934-1937)

Hoshin Fujikado (1936-1938)

Shintatsu Sanada (1935)

Keiya Yamaguchi (1936)

Guzei Nishii (1936)

Hojun Sugimoto (1936-1938)

Tatsuya Tsuruyama (1936-1938)

Bunpo Kawatsuki (1936-1941, 1941-1952)

Miyoshi Okita (1937-1945)

Daitetsu Hayashima (1937-1952)

Takuyu Shirakawa (1938-1941)

Kenshi Iwao (1938-1939)

Giko Abiko (1938-1946)

Jitsuyo Okabe (1939-1940)

Kenryo Kumata (1939-1941, 1947-1955, 1959-1961)

Jokai Kow (1940-1954)

Koro Maehara (1940-1946)

Giko Yamamoto (1941-1953)

Joetsu Ono (1941-1946)

Reichi Mori (1941-1946)

Newton Ishiura (1942)

Gyoju Hirabayashi (1947-1949)

Shoko Masunaga (1948, 1969-1973)

Gikan Nishinaga (1949-1950)

Gyosei Nagafuchi (1952-1960)

Hogen Fujimoto (1953-1954)

Nasami Nakagaki (1954-1957, 1961-1966)

Koju Terada (1955)

Shoki Mohri (1955-1961, 1976-1994)

Kazuo Nakagami (1955-1962)

Arthur Takemoto (1955-1959)

Yuzen Kikuchi (1956-1959)

Tetsuro Teramoto (1957-1959)

Satoshi Hirata (1957-1965)

Ryuei Masuoka (1959-1976)

Gosho Himeji (1960-1968)

Seitetsu Fujiwara (1962-1975)

Kobun Ikoma (1962)

Koshin Ogui (1962-1963)

Eiryu Noda (1963-1965)

John Doami (1965-1969)

Sensho Inouye (1965-1985)

Sensho Hida (1965-1970)

Keizo Norimoto (1966-1976)

Shinryo Sawada (1968-1971)

George Matsubayashi (1970-1976, 1999-2009)

Taitsu Imai (1971-1975, 1977-1979)

William Matsuda (1973-1974)

Shiri Nishii (1975-1977)

Bombu Oshita (1975-1984)

Ken Yamaguchi (1975-1980)

Shoshin Ohta (1977-1981)

Tsuguru Kinugasa (1978-1980)

Kodo Umezu (1980-1987)

Masaaki Yamamoto (1981-1982)

Russell Hamada (1981-1991)

Hajime Nanjo (1983-1985)

Harold Oda (1986-1990)

Nobuo Miyaji (1987-1999)

Hiroaki Kadono (1988-1991)

Julie Hanada-Lee (1990-1992)

Lee Rosenthal (1991-1994)

Doei Fujii (1991-1998)

Naoki Kono (1994-1996)

Gregory Gibbs (1994-2001)

Seikan Fukuma (1996-1999)

Noriyoshi Matsudaira (1996-2000)

Kazunori Abe (1999-2003)

Fumiaki Utsuki (2001-2004)

William Briones (2002-present)

Koken Torimi (2004-2006)

Ryushin Tatsuma Kenn Koizumi (2004-2008)

Yasunori Teruoka (2006-2007)

Kojo Kakihara (2008-2011)

Hidehito Sakamoto (2010-2012)

Kazuaki Nakata (2012-2018)

Koho Takata (2013-2020)

Address

Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple

815 East First Street, Los Angeles CA 90012

Contact

Phone: (213) 680-9130

FAX: (213) 680-2210

Email: {General administration} info@nishihongwanji-la.org
{Sunday Service} nishidharmacenter@gmail.com
{Facility} mcomm@nishihongwanji-la.org
{Daycare} nishicenter815@gmail.com

Office Hours

Monday - Friday: 9 a.m to 5 p.m

Saturday - Sunday: 9 a.m to 3:00 p.m

*Business hours may vary on major holidays.

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