Isokichi Komine

Isokichi Komine (18663 October 1934) was a Japanese pearl diver, merchant, and trader in present-day Papua New Guinea. He arrived in German New Guinea in the early 20th century, amassing significant business interests which he maintained after the colony's captured by Australian forces and reconstitution as the Territory of New Guinea. He was a leader of the Japanese community in Rabaul.

Early life "ne of Rabaul's oldest pioneers", or 1867, in Shimabara, Nagasaki, Japan. or 1902, an independent business, there, and employed up over a hundred Japanese workers. which was where Komine resided in from 1902. When Japan declared war against Germany in 1914, Komine aligned with the Australians but also maintained close ties with German businesspeople to safeguard his business interests. Komine died on 3 October 1934