Shiro Sokabe (曽我部 四郎) (June 26, 1865 – July 3, 1949) was a Christian missionary from Japan who ministered in Honomu, Hawaii.
His father's strict nature led Sokabe to run away from home as a teenager, wandering southern Japan until he reached Imabari, Ehime prefecture in 1883.
[3] Sokabe arrived in Hawaii in March of 1894 and started the Hilo Coast United Church of Christ.
He returned to Japan in 1896 to marry Shika Nakagawa and bring her back to Hawaii.
After Shika passed away in 1920, Sokabe held a fundraising drive to build a new chapel in her memory, but was not successful, falling $3000 short.