Kanichi Yamamoto (1879–1961) was the first Japanese Baháʼí. He joined the religion in 1902. Some of his children also decided to join the Baháʼí Faith.[1] Of Yamamoto, who heard of the Baháʼí Faith in Honolulu, ʻAbdu'l-Baha said,
"thou...art the single one of Japan and the unique one of the extreme Orient."[2]
Yamamoto remained a staunch and ardent Baha'i until his death in 1961.