Takashi Kariya Tak Kariya was born in a predominately Caucasian community in Belmont, California. He and his is family were taken to Topaz, Arizona. Tak worked as a biochemist. Tak and Sachi live in Cincinnati, Ohio and have been married for 53 years.
Sachiko Kariya Sachi Kariya was in a mostly Japanese elemantary school in Portland, Washington, when her family was placed in Minidoka. Sachi was a public school teacher in Ohio for 32 years.