Barbara Marumoto

Barbara Chizuko Marumoto-Coons (née Okamoto, born July 21, 1939) is a former member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives. She represented Kaimuki, Waialae, and Kahala as a Republican for 34 years.

Biography Barbara Okamoto was born in San Francisco in 1939, and spent part of her childhood detained at the Tanforan Assembly Center following the enforcement of Executive Order 9066. Her immediate family was able to transfer to Colorado, but her grandparents were incarcerated at the Topaz War Relocation Center during World War II. She served in the Hawaii House of Representatives since 1978. She is a Republican, and served as the Hawaii House Minority leader from 1984 to 1986 and again from 1998 to 2000. She did not seek reelection in 2012. As a lawmaker, she was best known for supporting small businesses, children's safety, tax reduction, and fiscal reform.

She is married to Richard A. Coons, a retired CPA.