User:Emily CA (MPL)/Bob Izumi sandbox

Early life
Izumi was born in Blenheim, Ontario, after his parents, Joe and Maragaret Izumi, moved in 1957 from Toronto. His father, Joe Izumi, founded Canada's first bass fishing tournament on Rondeau Bay. His family, originally from Vancouver Island, were displaced to Canada's Japanese internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

His family's fishing influenced Izumi while growing up, winning his first fishing derby when he was 8, and becoming one of Canada's first professional fishers at 20.

Personal life
His brother, Wayne Izumi, is also a professional angler. Izumi has a wife and two children.