In Memory of Hidehito Matsunaga

Seonghwa

Oct 1

Spouse: Asako Matsunaga
Children: YoungKook, In-Mi, Jin-Mi, Ka-Jong, and Hong-Kook
DOB: August 23, 1955
Blessing Date: October 14, 1982
Ascension: September 27, 2025
Seonghwa Ceremony: Friday, October 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM at Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory on 4550 Boll Weevil Cir #2, Enterprise, AL 36330
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Hidehito was born in Hokkaido, Japan, to Gingo and Sizue Matsunaga. He has one older sister, Keiko Matsunaga. He studied briefly at Hoshi University for a pharmaceutical degree. He then joined CARP in Tokyo, Japan, which is a part of the Family Federation for World Peace (FFWP) in 1977. He married Asako Matsunaga (Mitchishita) in 1982 in Seoul, Korea. They were married with 6,000 other couples. Hidehito moved to America in 1986, where his first mission was to sell machinery in Boston, Massachusetts.

Then he moved to MFT and soon after, continued missionary work at the Atlanta Family Church. Asako moved to America in 1988 to continue their mission work together in Atlanta. They had five children: YoungKook, In-Mi, Jin-Mi, Ka-Jong, and Hong-Kook. In 2000, the Matsunaga Family moved to Enterprise, AL, to begin a church and explore the opportunity of farming. He was not able to expand a church in Enterprise, but joined the members of the Bayou La Batre Family Church near Mobile, AL.

He relentlessly continued his witness of faith everywhere he went. In his spare time, he enjoyed nature and the outdoors. He loved bike riding, playing piano, fishing, gardening, working on cars, and tinkering with machines.

We offer a glorious “Mansei!” to Hidehito on his journey to the Spiritual World.