Kalani Pe'a – Singer/Songwriter

Wendy Calio is an actress, singer, dancer and choreographer. She started off playing Nina in Imagination Movers (2008-2013). She was also on Hawaii Five-O (2010), and magnum P.I. (2018). Wendy is now studio owner and musical theatre director of Pas De Deux. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.

Kalani Pe'a is a three-time Grammy Award winner (2022, 2019, 2017) and only Hawaiian artist to win in regional roots category. Pe'a sings everything from classical, musical, ballads, R&B, soul to traditional and original Hawaiian music. Watch the full episode to find out how he got started and how Lanai Tabura and Brook Lee influenced his career. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.

Shawn “Doc Rock” Boyd is a community manager at Ecamm Network, LLC. When covid-19 pandemic hit he was hired by Ecamm to create tutorials on virtual content creation. Watch the full episode to hear Shawn and Lanai share memories with Brook. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.

Alan Muraoka is an Emmy Award winning actor/director/producer. For the past 25 years he has played Alan the proprietor of Hooper’s Store, on Sesame Street. As a director and producer on Sesame, he has been nominated for 4 Daytime Emmys, an NAACP Image Award, and won a GLAAD Media Award. With Sesame he has performed at the White House, the Pentagon, the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, as well as the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.

Your typical biracial Asian American country boy to Hollywood story… In the 90s, Tim Lounibos was at the forefront of an “exciting new breed of asian american actors” with “widespread mainstream appeal”—graced with “charisma” and performances which critics called “absolutely luminous” and “remarkable”—but that was when quality inclusive casting was still decades away. Tim has carved out a worthy 30-year career covering film, tv, commercials, animated voice over, and theater (co-founded the acclaimed and groundbreaking Asian American theatre Lodestone Theatre Ensemble and helped run East West Players). Credits include recurring roles on Bosch, The West Wing, JAG, and Beverly Hills: 90210. Most recently, he’s been seen on Hawaii Five-0, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and FBI: Most Wanted. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.

Kurt Yaeger is an actor who ripped his leg off becoming an amputee, broke his pelvis in half, bladder torn in half, broke seven vertebrae, and a number of other injuries in a motorcycle accident. After two years of recovery he shot multiple films and tv shows then landed Greg the Peg on the hit series Sons of Anarchy (2008) which helped solidify his return as an actor, who just happens to be missing a leg. He's currently filming the feature The Beanie Bubble, with Zach Galifianakis and Elizabeth Banks. Kurt recently shot a hyper-athletic portrayal of Dylan Conner, the Ship's Engineer on Netflix's Another Life (2019) 2021, followed by roles in SEAL Team (2017) , The Good Doctor (2017), & an Apple show yet to be listed.. CBS All Access brought Kurt into the new series Tell Me a Story (2018) right after he starred in the UK hit comedy film The Festival (2018). He's also known for roles in [link= Quarry (2016), Pure Genius (2016), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), Shooter (2016), and Shameless (2011). It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.

Marni Ramirez is born and raised East Honolulu, Oahu. From a young age Marni has always been the funny kid on campus or at home with her family. Born Hawaiian, Portuguese, Norwegian and standing an impressive 6'1" comedy was an almost unavoidable passion. As an adult Marni found her home with improv comedy. Starting her journey in 2007 with Comedy Crusaders and continuing her love of improv today with Improv HI, Polynesian AF and Waikiki PD. Comedy is medicine for the soul and it is something Marni plans to continue to share in Hawaii and abroad. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.

Kiara, from Cooking with Kiara lives in Japan with her Japanese father, Kiwi (NZ) mother and two older brothers. When she isn't an eighth at Junior High school or at Volleyball practice, you can pretty much be certain she’ll be in her kitchen satisfying her passion for cooking. At 10 years old, she decided to start a YouTube channel with the hopes of encouraging other kids to get in the kitchen and give cooking lessons. To fund her passion she has held several pop-up cafes and with the support of her community has been able to raise enough money to buy her own KitchenAid and eventually a laptop computer to help organize all her recipes. When the world went into lockdown in 2020 – Kiara’s kitchen began to travel when she started teaching online cooking lessons to groups of kids from not only Japan but also from around the world including countries like Albania, France, Australia, Poland, Brazil and more! To date, Kiara has taught over 500 kids worldwide. Kiara loves not only sharing her two cultures through food and cooking but also learning about other cultures through the online kid chef community. @cooking_with_kiara10 It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.

Henry Ian Cusick is an actor and director. He is best known for his role as Desmond Hume in the US television series Lost (2024), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also starred as Stephen Finch in the ABC drama Scandal (2012), as Marcus Kane in the CW drama The 100 (2014), and as Russ Taylor in the CBS drama MacGyver (2016). Cusick also directed a short film Dress (2013), which won the Best Short Film award at the 2013 Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF). It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.

Matt Sato was selected for a recurring role in the reboot of the series - "Saved By The Bell" - Season Two, which he acted in on location in L.A. in 2021 and it aired on Peacock. 2022 was a busy year for Matt. He acted in two high-profile shows filmed in L.A. - "Grownish" - Season Five on HULU and "NCIS". He joined the cast of "High School Musical" - Season Four which filmed in Utah and this series will also air on Disney+ in 2023. When Matt is not doing his Number One Passion of Acting, he enjoys fishing, hiking, photography, cinematography and he loves animals. He and his family own two dogs - a Maltese named Michi and a Pug named Ollie. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii. To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/ It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.