State Representative Gregg Takayama is proud to serve District 34, consisting of the Pearl City, Waimalu, and 
Pacific Palisades communities, where he has lived for several decades with his wife Linda Chu Takayama and 
raised their three daughters.
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Rep. Takayama is a product of the public school system and a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa 
with a degree in journalism. He is a former award-winning journalist who worked at KHON-TV as a news reporter 
for eight years.
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Rep. Takayama also served on the staffs of U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye and then-Lt. Governor Ben Cayetano. 
He was spokesman for UH Manoa for six years until he was elected to the State House in 2012.
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He currently serves as Chair of the House Higher Education and Technology (HET) Committee.  In addition he is 
a member of the  Economic Development (ECD), Education (EDN), and Labor & Tourism (LAT) committees.