Brenda Wong Aoki

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brenda Wong Aoki
Occupation	Playwright
Date Of Birth	Jul 29, 1953(1953-07-29)
Age	71
Birthplace	Salt Lake City
Country	United States
Birth City	Utah
Horoscope	Leo

Brenda Wong Aoki Biography

Brenda Wong Aoki is one of the most popular and richest Playwright who was born on July 29, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Aoki sought to trace her family history by consulting with relatives and finding information from archived newspapers at the San Francisco Public Library. In Japan, the Aoki family had been “Hidden Christians” and kept the faith during the 200-year period of Japan’s persecution of Christians and isolation from the West. As a result, Aoki’s paternal grandfather, Chojiro Peter Aoki, was sent from Japan in 1897 to become the leader of Seiko Ko Kai, the Japanese Episcopal mission, a founding institution of Japantown, San Francisco. Father Aoki was one of the first fully ordained Japanese Christian ministers In 1909, her great uncle Gunjiro Aoki, a Japanese immigrant, became engaged to Helen Gladys Emery, the Caucasian daughter of Grace Cathedral’s archdeacon. The engagement incited public outcry and resulted in Californian legislation adding Japanese immigrants to the list of races banned from marrying white citizens; a law that remained in effect until 1948. Father Aoki was asked to resign because of his support for his younger brother’s marriage to a white woman. Banished by Grace Cathedral, he was sent to Utah where he and his wife died shortly after, leaving 11 children orphaned. Aoki developed a play based on her family’s history that she began performing in 1998 called “Uncle Gunjiro’s Girlfriend.”

Aoki’s performances combine traditional Japanese theater styles of Noh and Kyogen with contemporary storytelling. Her style uses dance, music and theater with few props, exaggerated movements, and simple sets. Aoki traveled to Japan to study Japanese theater. Additionally, Aoki studied with Mansaku Nomura and completed an apprenticeship with Yuriko Doi’s Theater of Yugen in San Francisco in the 1970s. She studied Nohgaku with Living Treasure Mansaku Nomura at Chusonji, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Brenda Wong Aoki Net Worth

Brenda Wong Aoki is one of the richest Playwright from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brenda Wong Aoki 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Brenda Wong Aoki was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and grew up in Long Beach, California. Aoki is of Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and Scottish descent, and she is the eldest of six children. Aoki’s paternal grandfather was a founder of San Francisco’s Japantown in the 1890s.

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Aoki’s monodramas have been commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts, Japan Foundation, Asian Cultural Council, U.S. Congress, State of California and the City of San Francisco. She was selected by the Smithsonian to perform before the 1996 National Asian American Congressional Caucus.

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Camille Ranked on the list of most popular Playwright. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Brenda Wong Aoki celebrates birthday on July 29 of every year.