Birth date: Mar 5, 1953 Death date: Apr 9, 2021
Brian Tetsuo Nakamoto, 68, of Waihee, Maui, passed away on April 9, 2021. He was born on March 5, 1953 on Maui. He is survived by his siblings: Joey Nakamoto, Gail Miyagawa, Dean Nakamoto, Neil Nakamoto, Jason Suzawa (nephew), Mar Read Obituary
growing up time...we always went fishing everywhere. but my most favorite memory was digging for the worms at maalae mud flats.. .you know the ones that get the black pinchers and if you not careful going bite your okole when you stay sitting down. Brian was always so patient to help me fix my line whenever it got caught or tangled. was so good fun to catch the kumu and weke.
Also i used to always go surfing with brian and his friends but I was so young maybe 9 years old I think. The smallest surf board was almost double my size I recall. So i could only paddle out and follow him but took me so much longer to get out beyond the breakers. To think when i wipe out i couldn't swim so just dog paddled to the board. I don't think we had the nylon ankle straps back then... we used to go to shark's pit all the time and you know I never saw the sharks which is good!
I remember another trip we did when we went to the pali area just after the lookout point on Honoapiilani Hwy towards Lahaina. Was a night dive for everybody, so my job was to keep the lantern on at the lava flow so that everybody knew where shore was.
Good fun memories...
Brian always enjoyed diving too and i remember growing up with fresh crab, lobster, tako, all kinds of fish... was so ono with the rice and chazuke
Brian is finally at peace now...
Joey,Gail,Dean,Neil, my heart came heavy hearing of Brian's passing. he was a nice brother that showed me a lot of fishing and diving tricks back in the days when we fished and dived at mud flats and makena lighthouse. From diving, fishing, picking opihi, we had alot of fun. When he was in the hospital from his accident the other year, we talked about all the fun times we had. I asked him , one day when you get better we got to go fish? His face lit up and he said that would be nice. Well iI guess we won't be going physicaly, but I think he'll be watching from above. Rest in peace, love and happines my brother and fishing partner. THANK YOU AND MAHALO for being there.
Eric Hiroshi Ikeuchi
