Motoyuki Negoro (根来源之) (June 14, 1875 – April 18, 1939) was a journalist and strike leader in Hawaii.
After attending school for a couple years in his hometown, he decided to go to America and study law.
[2] In 1908, Negoro, Yokichi Tasaka, Yasutaro Soga, and Fred Kinzaburo Makino, formed the Higher Wage Association (Zokyu Kisei Kai), and protested the low wages that Japanese plantation workers were paid.
[4] Negoro, Soga, and Makino were arrested during the strike and sentenced to ten months in jail and a $300 fine.
[5] After the strike broke, Negoro returned to Japan and worked in Makino's brother's trading company.