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American businessman and civil rights activist

Tomio Moriguchi (森口 富雄, Moriguchi Tomio, born ) is an American businessman and civil rights activist who served as CEO of the Uwajimaya supermarket chain in Seattle, Washington, from to ^[2]

Biography

Moriguchi was born in Tacoma, Washington, to Fujimatsu Moriguchi and Sadako Tsutakawa.

He is the nephew of George Tsutakawa.^[3] During World War II, following the signing of Executive Order , his family was interned at Pinedale, California, and then at Tule Lake.

Tomio Moriguchi and family receive Seattle-King County “First ...

After the war, the family moved to Seattle's Japantown where Moriguchi's father re-established Uwajimaya on South Main Street. ^{[citation needed]}

After graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in mechanical engineering, Moriguchi worked at Boeing as an engineer, but left after his father's death to run Uwajimaya.

He served as CEO and president of Uwajimaya beginning in During his tenure, he moved Uwajimay Tomio Moriguchi - Wikipedia WULIB