Kimie Yanagawa Sanematsu (Tokuyama) (January 1, 1915 - August 23, 1997)[1] was an American educator. In 1953 she was the first Japanese person to be naturalized in the United States since 1922, and the first in El Paso, Texas. News from the time period also stated that she was the first Japanese woman to be naturalized in the United States under the McCarran immigration act.