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Montebello & Ashiya

Past Ambassadors 

Montebello and Ashiya have been exchanging students since 1964, starting with Tsukiko Masuda & Haruko Fukunaka and Tom Johnson & Ed Hamby. This tradition has continued throughout the years, with Reina Kon & Sosuke Kawakami and Stephanie Gonzales & Cristian Herrera serving as our 2015 student ambassadors. This tradition has continued for over 51 years, with the exception of 1995, due to Hanshin Earthquake.

2015: Cristian Herrera & Stephanie Gonzales

2014: Alejandro Zepeda & Julieta Perales

2013: David Delgado & Christina Gonzales 

2012: Jacob Espinoza Alyssa Middo

2011: NONE

2010: Max Duron & Lorena Garcia Zermeno

2009: Daniel Gonzales & Luis Miguel Gonzalez

2008: Angelica Duron & Elizabeth Kivorkian

2007: Darron Miya & Lorena Jimenez

2006: Aaron Rubalcalva & Vincent Martinez

2005: James Santana & Ashley Jimenez

2004: Lucy Shpak & Ricky Ortiz

2003: Jessica Gomez & Natalie Glasman

2002: Marlyna Berumen & Art Najera

2001: Pablo Rubenstein & Shelly Glasman

2000: Jessica Vasquez & Elisa Haro

1999: Monique Moure & Zackery Tuttle

1998: Kerry Medina & Luis Hernandez

1997: Saya Yamaguchi & Lorena Cheng

1996: Marc Stad & Leslie Hui

1995: No exchange due to Hanshin Earthquake

1994: Vivian Alaniz & Kirk Shintani

1993: Laura Rubenstein & Marlene Law

1992: Shane Estanislao & Michelle Risher

1991: Lisa Arakaki & Christine Risher

1990: Mirabelle Reyes & Margaret Molina

1989: David Lim & Yvonne Alaniz

1988: Carol Sakai & Jacqueline Borja

1987: Tina Hildago & Christine Oyakawa

1986: Lulu Wong & Darren McIntosh

1985: Patricia Ramos & Michelle Lim

1984: Joyce Fang & Rudy Carrilo LaBrada

1983: Kathleen Odou & Pauline Kawamoto

1982: Minnie Atilano & Lillian Lathrop

1981: Sophia Campos & George Maya

1980: Brad Amano & Chris Lopez

1979: Nick Shubin & Manuel Arreguin

1978: George Acevedo & Cathy Solarzano

1977: Jim Hogle & Cathy Kisee

1976: Teresa Santo & Karl Oshima

1975: Philip Gilston & Martha Odou

1974: David Inouye & Susan Olsen

1973: Bob Hogle & Kathy Kubota

1972: Ken Seguine & Becky Montez

1971: Arthur Acevedo & Terry Hogle

1970: Fred Pringle & Michelle Patterson

1969: Tom Espinosa & Margo Robles

1968: Carol Odou & Eileen Nako

1967: Cynthia Montes & Jeannie Labozetta

1966: Roger Litz & Susan Emmerich

1965: Mark Fenton & Jeannie Enzman

1964: Tom Johnson & Ed Hamby

2015: Reina Kon & Sosuke Kawakami

2014: Naoshi Yamazaki & Natsu Hirano

2013: Marie Yano & Takayoshi Okuda

2012:Natsumi Osumi & Kentaro Yoshikawa

2011: Marie Kitamura & Mikoto Shioya

2010: Atsuko Murayama & Yuka Sakai

2009: Kyoko Kado & Aiko Miyake

2008: Kazuto Tajima & Ayami Kataoka

2007: Daisuke Yagi & Hiroki Miyake

2006: Madoka Hori & Yumiko Sugiyama

2005: Yuko Kanazawa & Marie Yoshiyama

2004: Kento Takeyama & Nao Fukuoka

2003: Mariko Minami & Keiichi Matsuzaki

2002: Yuri Isogimi & Naoko Miyazaki

2001: Moe Higashida & Yoshie Amo

2000: Ai Ikeda & Eiko Inoue

1999: Sayuri Arimitsu & Sachiko Komura

1998: Kumiko Tochiki & Yoshihiro Hirata

1997: Ayako Kontani & Akane Nagai

1996: Masako Yamashita & Hiroshi Komatsu

1995: No exchange due to Hanshin Earthquake

1994: Rika Kajihara & Daisuke Shimada

1993: Yoko Nakashima & Mariko Yoshida

1992: Haruki Konishi & Asako Saionji

1991: Kenji Nagatakidani & Makiko Yamada

1990: Emiko Arisue & Isshin Kanagawa

1989: Joji Nakaya & Sanako Sogo

1988: Shigeru Yokota & Miho Ofukata

1987: Satoko Mikami & Shunichi Watanabe

1986: Mayuko Mikami & Yukie Fujita

1985: Hiroko Baba & Hiroshi Honjo

1984: Michi Nomoto & Sanae Takashina

1983: Norimasa Nakamura & Mitsuko Kyogoku

1982: Hideyuki Yoshitomi & Reiko Watanabe

1981: Noriyo Yahagi & Setsuko Yukitoshi

1980: Yukiko Ikezawa & Akiko Nishimura

1979: Tetsuo Ohwada & Hiroaki Yasui

1978: Kazuko Kuga & Michiko Iwamoto

1977: Mikiko Morimura & Miyoko Shimeno

1976: Kikuko Hayashi & Yoshiko Maeda

1975: Ikuko Ida & Kazuko Harada

1974: Kyoko Shibanuma & Shinji Yamada

1973: Keiko Kato & Yoshiko Akita

1972: Misuru Mibo Emi & Sumiko Mimi Toda

1971: Nobuko Tachibana & Yoko Fukaura

1970: Ichiro Nakatsuka & Kazuko Tanaka

1969: Noriko Yamamoto & Kimiko Hirai

1968: Sadahiro Yamazaki & Hiroko Kogure

1967: Ryutaro Kobayashi & Mino Nagatsuka

1966: Aiko Suga & Shigeko Oka

1965: Tsuyoshi Otsuka & Atsuko Shiozaki

1964: Tsukiko Masuda & Haruko Fukunaka

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