Eugene Miller Van Reed

Eugene Miller Van Reed (May 17, 1835 – February 2, 1873) was a Dutch American merchant who was the Kingdom of Hawaii's first consul in Japan.

As he met Joseph Heco (Hikozō Hamada) in U.S. and became interested in Japan, he started to work at the United States Consulate in Kanagawa in 1859.

When Takahashi Korekiyo traveled abroad with Katsu Kaishu's son, Kotaro, in the third year of Keio (1867), Van Reed embezzled their tuition and travel expenses.

Van Reed nevertheless sent 148 Japanese immigrants to Hawaii, who are now called the Gannenmono.

In 1873, Van Reed got sick and died on February 2, 1873, on a ship to San Francisco.