1968	Ken Takiguchi	1988	Russ Okimoto	2008	Gil Siu
1969	Grant Tom	1989	Carl Furuta	2009	Randy Sotowa
1970	Howard Otamura	1990	Nobu Kamori	2010	Nobu Sotowa
1971	Howard Otamura	1991	Victor Kigawa	2011	Joe Shimizu
1972	Rupert Hashimoto	1992	Steve Shiozaki	2012	Dave Lee
1973	Rupert Hashimoto	1993	Steve Shiozaki	2013	Dave Lee
1974	Joe Shiozaki	1994	Gil Siu	2014	Dave Lee
1975	Carl Furuta	1995	Randy Sotowa	2015	Keith Tsuchiyama
1976	Al Matsuno	1996	Al Morita	2016	Craig Tsuchiyama
1977	Norm Ozawa	1997	Ken Furuta	2017	Randy Sotowa
1978	Steve Shiozaki	1998	Nobu Komori	2018	Keith Tsuchiyama
1979	Rob Iwamoto	1999	Ken Takiguchi	2019	Craig Tsuchiyama
1980	Carl Furuta	2000	Joe Shiozaki	2020	---
1981	Joe Shiozaki	2001	Ken Takiguchi	2021	---
1982	Harry Murakami	2002	Gil Siu	2022	---
1983	Dan Oyama	2003	Gil Siu	2023	Dave Lee
1984	Dan Oyama	2004	Nobu Sotowa	2024	Dan Oyama
1985	Joe Shiozaki	2005	Randy Sotowa
1986	Al Matsuno	2006	Dave Lee
1987	Joe Shiozaki	2007	Gil Siu

On 1968 the first annual Nisei Week Festival Skeet Shoot was held at International Trap and Skeet, now Triple B. Issei is first generation, born in Japan, Nisei is second generation, those born in the USA. The Nisei Week Festival was started in the 1930's. The organizers of the shoot were Howard Otamura, Lionel Gotanda, Don Tsuchiyama and Ken Takiguchi. During 1976, a group of shooters desired to shoot more than once a year, so formed the Sansei Skeet Shoot Association (third generation) and shoot on a monthly basis at Winchester West Trap and Skeet in Long Beach, Callifornia. The group consisted of Cliff Shinmei, Mark Torabayashi, Al Morita, Tad Oshige, Rick Takahara, Norm Ozawa, and Gary Nakano.

Mark Torabayashi, Al Morita, Norman Ozawa, Tad Oshige, Cliff Shinmei. They started SSSA called Sansei Skeet Shooting Association back in the day at Winchester West. Most of the early shoots took place there. Gave ammo and metals, as well as trophies. Had a pretty good group of ladies that shot as well. All are sansei, first shot together as a team at the Zone 7 championships in Idaho. (Then 11 western states by NSSA) Bunch of Buddha heads. Thought you should know.

Two other key members were Rick Nakahara and Gary Nakano. We had monthly meetings before each shoot at Norm Ozawa, Mark Tora and a few other houses, to discuss the upcoming shoot. We would discuss things like shooting times, food menu, ordering trophies and shooter classifications. Our wives and girlfriends made food for the complimentary lunch at each shoot. For prizes we gave out Trophies, Plaques, Metals and pins. We also had raffles for shooting gear and shooting supplies. Our first shoots were at Winchester West in Long Beach. We then moved to International Trap and Skeet in El Monte. We all miss those early days of the SSSA. Thanks for keeping the Association alive.