In Memory of Hoshin Maeda

Spouse: Victoria Maeda
Children: Seung-In Katsuhito Victor, Seung-Li Masatoshi Eisenhower, Seung-kwang Masahiro Isaac, Hwa-Seung Kazumasa Canaan, Mi-Seung Yoshimasa Macarthur, Eun-hye Megumi Grace Jeanne-Mireille
DOB: March 3, 1957
Ascension: February 7, 2026
Seonghwa Ceremony: Feb 17, 2026 at 7 pm PT at 2305 Washington Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94577

Hoshin grew up in Toyama, Oyama-cho. He was the eldest of three brothers; Tsutsumu by two years and Yutaka by seven years.

He attended Toyama University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in engineering. He then worked for a while for a company making prosthetic joints.

He met the Unification Church in 1982. In 1985, he came to America to participate in the International One World Crusade (I.O.W.C), driving a van across 40 some odd states and making friends from all over the world.
He continued in New York and Gloucester with Ocean Church, where he created the “Japanese Fishing Manual”

Matched in March of 1987 in New York, and legally married in April 1987.

He went to Korea to do volunteer work and work for a newspaper to influence the free world, “The Segye Times”

Volunteered during “The International Conference for the Unity of the Sciences” (I.C.U.S), “Summit for World Peace and International/Interreligious Freedom Foundation” held in Seoul, 1990.

In 1992, came his first child Seung-In Katsuhito Victor, “his happiest days” to welcome each child to the world and our family. Subsequently, in 1994, Seung-Li Masatoshi Eisenhower, in 1996, Seung-Kwang Masahiro Isaac, 1998 Hwa-Seung Kazumasa Canaan, in 2001 Mi-Seung Yoshimasa Macarthur, and in 2003 Eun-hye Megumi Grace Jeanne-Mireille.

He finished his masters degree while working full time.