Cobi Narita, Tireless Jazz Promoter and Benefactor, Dies at 97
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 5, 2023
“They were like magnets, man, from the start,” her son Robert said. “Soul mates.”
Nobuko Emoto was born on March 3, 1926, in San Pedro, Calif. Her father, Kazumasa Emoto, was a farmer who brought fresh vegetables to Los Angeles markets. Her mother, Kimiko (Hamamoto) Emoto, was a homemaker.
Nobuko, her parents, her two sisters and her two brothers were among the estimated 120,000 Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II to internment camps, mostly in Western states. Mr. Emoto lost . . .
