Richard Onishi

Richard Hiroyuki Keela Onishi^[1] (born May 3, 1954) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2012 to 2024.^[2]

Richard Onishi
Onishi in 2023
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office November 6, 2012
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Sue Keohokapu-Lee Loy
Constituency	3rd District (2012–2022) 2nd District (2022–2024)
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-03) May 3, 1954 (age 71) Hilo, Hawaii
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Honolulu Community College University of Hawaii
Website	friendsforrichardonishi.com

Education

Onishi attended Honolulu Community College and earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Hawaii.

Elections

• 2012 With Democratic Representative Clift Tsuji redistricted to District 2, Onishi won the District 3 August 11, 2012 Democratic Primary with 3,298 votes (56.2%),^[3] and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 4,937 votes (54.8%) against Republican nominee Marlene Hapai and Libertarian candidate Frederick Fogel.^[4] who had both run for House seats in 2010.