Kanichi Yamamoto
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Kanichi Yamamoto (1879-1961) was the first Japanese Bahá'í. He declared in 1902, and some of his children were also Baha'is. [1] Of Yamamoto, who heard of the Bahá'í Faith in Honolulu, `Abdu'l-Baha said,
"thou...art the single one of Japan and the unique one of the extreme Orient." [2]
Yamamoto remained a staunch and ardent Baha'i until his death in 1961.
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