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Ryuto Tsuda

AKA: Kiyome Hirai; Alice Kiyome Tsuda; Ryuto Hirai; Shinsho Hirai; Tatsusho Hirai; 津田龍登
Released
Date of birth:1910
Gender:Female
Era:1940s
State:Hawaii
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 1 Month
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Ryuto Tsuda

Biography

Ryuto Tsuda was a Honolulu Buddhist nun, born Kiyome Hirai and also known as Alice Kiyome Tsuda, Ryuto Hirai, Shinsho Hirai and Tatsusho Hirai. JCCH records June 1942 arrest, detention at the US Immigration Station June-July 1942, Sand Island July 1942-March 1943 and Honouliuli March 1943-July 1944. She was paroled in July 1944. After the war she founded and led Todaiji Hawaii Temple until her death in 1987. This was US wartime civilian incarceration; no individual criminal conviction is established by the cited archive. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/tsuda-ryuto

Case

Arrested: June 1942
Incarcerated: June 1942
Released: July 1944
Sentence: June 1942 arrest followed by Immigration Station, Sand Island and Honouliuli detention, ending with parole July 1944. Exact custody days, imposed judicial term, continuous duration and parole termination unverified. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/tsuda-ryuto