Terry Nui Yoshinaga-Kano is an American politician and lawyer.
Yoshinaga attended the University of Hawaii School of Law and was a member of the first graduating class in 1976.[1][2] In the mid-1980s, she served as secretary of the YWCA of Oahu.[3] Yoshinaga is a resident of Moiliili, Hawaii.[4][5]
Yoshinaga was first elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives for District 22 in 1994.[6][7] In 1996, she faced Mel Makoto Takahashi in the Democratic Party primary,[8] and won the general election uncontested.[9] In 1998, Yoshinaga finished ahead of Takahashi and Charles K. Torigoe in the primary,[10] and won a third consecutive two-year term. Yoshinaga was unopposed in the 2000 primary elections,[11][12] and defeated Republican Party candidate Joseph Kinoshita in the general election.[13][14] During the 2002 election cycle, Yoshinaga ran for a fifth term and lost a primary to Scott Saiki.[15][16]