Ken Mukai - Boys' Team Head Coach

Ken has been involved with basketball for most of his life. He has played basketball since age six, and has coached basketball ever since graduating from Venice High School. He has coached teams at many levels including teams in the Asian-American community and high school. He is currently the coach of the WLA Bulls and the JV Boys' Coach at Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies.

In 1992 after graduating from UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology, Ken moved to the Oki Islands, Japan to work for the Shimane Prefecture Board of Education through the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. During his free time he increased basketball awareness throughout Shimane by assisting the basketball programs at the high schools in Oki, organizing games between Shimane teams and foreigners living in Japan, and running basketball clinics at several high schools throughout the prefecture. After returning to Los Angeles, Ken joined the Yonsei Basketball Association and helped organize the first Yonsei trip to Shimane in 1995. Ken is looking forward to coaching Yonsei VI against his former colleagues in Shimane.

Kevin Kanemura - Boys' Team Assistant

Coach Kevin graduated from Kennedy High School in Granada Hills and earned a BA in Kinesiology from Cal State University, Northridge. Kevin started his high school coaching career in 1988 coaching the Kennedy JV Boys' Team. In 1994 he received his first varsity coaching job at Van Nuys High School. In 1995 he was named Amateur Athletic Foundation Coach of the Year as his Van Nuys team won the LA City 3A Championship.

Kevin is currently the Boys' Varsity Head Coach at Kennedy High School.

Stacey Honda - Girls' Team Head Coach

Basketball has always been a part of Stacey's life as she played in JAO, SCWAU, high school and four years at Cal State University, Los Angeles (CSULA). Stacey has been coaching basketball for 13 years, as an assistant at Schurr High School and CSULA, and Girls' Varsity Coach at Schurr for five years. Her teams at Schurr came in second one year and were league champs three years, earning her Coach of the Year honors in 1995 and 1996. Currently she is an assistant principal at Schurr High School. This will be Stacey's second opportunity to coach a Yonsei team. She first coached Yonsei III in 1996 when the team went to Fukuoka.

Stacey is looking forward to her coaching experiences with Yonsei VI and appreciates this second opportunity. She hopes her players will have fond memories that will last a lifetime.

Jamie Kiyomura - Girls' Team Assistant Coach

Jamie graduated from La Salle High School in Pasadena. She started her high school coaching career in 1995, coaching the La Salle JV team. She has been coaching since 1991 with the Pasadena Bruins and Wintersburg organization. Jamie is the Girls' Varsity coach at Pasadena High School entering her second year. She is currently attending Citrus College.

Jamie wants to pursue a career in coaching basketball, hopefully college and beyond.