Born Akiko Kato in Seattle, Aki grew up in a diverse neighborhood where she never thought of herself as anything but American– until the day after the attack, when a teacher told her: “You people bombed Pearl Harbor.\"
Akiko Kato lahir di Seattle, Aki tumbuh di lingkungan yang beragam ia selalu merasa bahwa dirinya adalah orang Amerika sampai pada hari setelah penyerangan, ketika gurunya mengatakan: \"Orang-orangmu menyerang Pearl Harbor.\"