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Stacey Hayashi

Entrepreneur, Fashion Designer, Writer, Executive Producer
Writer/Publisher of Journey of Heroes 
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Stacey T. Hayashi is a Hawaii-based serial entrepreneur and founder of the successful PainaGirl family of websites, which includes Hawaiian Wedding Shop. A former software engineer before starting her own companies, Stacey is one of the earliest pioneers in the development of internet-based businesses focused on the manufacturing and distribution of Hawaiian products, and brings a formidable set of planning and operational skills to both her technology-based businesses as well as the multitude of social and advocacy enterprises that she devotes her time to.

She is also a fashion designer, designing and manufacturing contemporary Hawaiian wedding dresses since 2002, but it was her interest in Japanese American and Hawaii culture that led to the development of a multimedia project celebrating the heroism and cultural significance of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and members of the Military Intelligence Service. 

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Her historically accurate manga Journey of Heroes, which she wrote and published in 2012, is internationally-acclaimed, garnering media attention in the US, Japan, Italy and France. In addition to her manga, she has executive produced two films (short narrative and documentary) about Herb Yanamura, Military Intelligence Service linguist, and the Battle of Okinawa, which screened at the Hawaii International Film Festival in 2015. She is currently screenwriter and executive producer for the unnamed 100th/442/MIS origins film project for the 442nd RCT Foundation.

Stacey is an expert on the 100th, 442nd, and MIS veterans, and has been a featured speaker at numerous events, book signings, and venues, among them: the 100th Infantry Battalion anniversary banquet, the Joint Memorial Service (100th/442nd/MIS) at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center (Maui), Seattle Nisei Veterans Memorial Hall for the Nisei Veterans Foundation, the Japanese American National Museum, Building 640 at the Presidio (MIS Museum part of the National Park Service), the Hawaii Army Museum, Bruyeres City Hall (France), Nagasaki University (Japan), the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, and Living History Day featured author at the Pacific Aviation Museum as well as many book signings at the Pacific Historic Sites Pearl Harbor Visitors Center.

Stacey and her work with the veterans, as well as her manga, Journey of Heroes, was also featured on the Travel Channel’s TV show, Booze Traveler, in the Fall of 2015. Stacey’s innovative approaches to making the story of the AJA vets accessible and relatable are fundamental in perpetuating their stories in younger generations.

Find Journey of Heroes at 
442comicbook.com, Amazon, 442nd Veterans Clubhouse, Club 100, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, Army Museum of Hawaii, Gecko Books & Comics, Kiss & Makeup by Alison Hayashi, Arizona Memorial (Pearl Harbor Historic Sites), Other Realms, Okinawan Center, Nisei Veterans Committee Hall (Seattle), Wing Luke Museum (Seattle), Nikkei Traditions (San Jose), Heritage Source (San Jose), Kinokuniya Bookstore (Los Angeles) and the Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles).

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  • Welcome
  • Gallery
    • Oct Drawing Challenges 2020
    • Pepe Con 2020
    • Amazing Comic Con Aloha 2020
    • Pearl City Public Library 2019
    • Walk to End Alzheimer's 2019
    • Burning Spear Comix at Amalgam Comics
    • Drawing Challenges 2019
    • Maui Comic Con 2019
    • Halloween ComicFest 2019
    • New York Comic Con 2019
    • Carter Comics 2019
    • Keiki Hero Con 2019
    • Comic Con Honolulu 2019
    • The Longest Day 2019
    • Free Comic Book Day 2019
    • Kawaii Kon 2019
    • Go For Broke in SoCal 2019
    • Awesome Con 2019
    • WonderCon 2019
    • Roy in San Francisco 2019
    • Amazing Comic Con Aloha 2019
    • SAMCON 2018
    • Great American Comic Con 2018
    • October Art 2018
    • Maui Comic Con 2018
    • LA Comic Con 2018
    • EPALF 2018
    • New York Comic Con 2018
    • Kanaka CC Schofield 2018
    • HawaiiCon 2018
    • Amazing Weekend 2018
    • Comic Con Honolulu 2018
    • San Diego Comic Con 2018
    • Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con 2018
    • Shirokiya Matsuri June 24
    • Anime Ohana Fest 2018
    • Denver Comic Con 2018
    • Soldier Con 2018
    • Conference on Literature and Hawaii's Children 2018
    • NEET Summer 2018
    • Artist Avenue 2018
    • Free Comic Book Day 2018
    • Pop Swap 2018
    • Kanaka CC Hickam 2018
    • Silicon Vally Comic Con 2018
    • WonderCon 2018
    • Cartoonist IRL: Roy Chang
    • Kawaii Kon 2018
    • Hawaii Collectors Expo 2018
    • Local Comic Shop Day 2017
    • Anime Day 4.0
    • Aiea HS PTSO Craft Fair 2017
    • Maui Comic Con 2017
    • Halloween ComicFest 2017
    • LA Comic Con 2017
    • Rose City Comic Con 2017
    • Amazing Hawaii Comic Con 2017
    • Comic Con Honolulu 2017
    • Free Comic Book Day 2017
    • Maui Con 2016
    • Amazing Hawaii Comic Con 2016 SE
    • Hawaii Con 2016
    • Batman Day / Ghostbusters Book Drive
    • Comic Con Honolulu 2016
    • San Diego Comic Con 2016
    • Amazing Hawaii Comic Con 2016
    • Free Comic Book Day 2016
    • Star Wars Day 2016
    • Kawaii Kon 2016
    • BOH Family Sunday - Mori & Steam
    • Enjoy Comics' Grand Opening
    • Anime Matsuri Hawaii 2015
    • Aki Matsuri 2015
    • Keiki Con 2015
    • Amazing Hawaii Comic Con 2015
    • Hawaii Con 2015
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