Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s first-ever Asian plus-size model, Yumi Nu, is making moves. She returns to SI Swimsuit for her second year after making her appearance in the magazine as a rookie in 2021.
Yumi, the niece of DJ Steve Aoki and Dim Mak record label owner Devon Aoki, joins Kim Kardashian, Maye Musk, and musician Ciara on the cover and so we consider this the best time to also tell you about her parents.
Who Are Yumi Nu Parents?
Yumi Nu’s parents are Brent Nu (dad) and Kana Grace (mom) who met each other in Manhattan, New York. Together, these folks made sure they give their daughters a very grounded upbringing that nurtured creativity and open conversation.
Keep reading and get to know these folks even better.
Meet Yumi Nu Mom, Kana Grace
Yumi Nu’s mom is one of the daughters of Benihana founder Hiroaki “Rocky” Aoki and she inherited a portion of his whopping $50 million inheritance when he passed away in 2008.
Feeling the racing strain, Kana and her husband moved their family to Newport, California, where Kana had grown up and her mum still lived.
Talking to Teen Vogue recently, Yumi described how her mom had gone into survival mode and kind of raised them in a white-washed way. But things changed once they were at their grandmother’s. That is when they started to know about their Asian heritage, their culture. (Alprazolam) You could find this grandma, named Chizuru, on Instagram @mamaaoki as she entertained her 18.3K followers.
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Kana Grace Age
Born sometime in September 1966, Kana Grace reached the age of 55 in 2021.
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What Is Kana Grace’s Nationality?
Kana Grace is a Japanese. Addressing this, her daughter Yumi once opened up on social media that she struggled to connect with her Japanese half as she grew up in predominantly white areas. Be that as it may, she said, she anyway grew up to love and respect both sides of her ethnic composition. She puts in the effort to understand the culture of both. And she was also in the process of learning the Japanese language.
Yumi, so you know, is an American and her ethnicity is Japanese and Dutch. She said her Japanese heritage is a big factor in the work she chooses to do.
For years, she had been wanting to be on the cover of Japanese Vogue and the dream did come true in 2022’s spring. And now she hopes for the other dream of opening a plus-size store in Tokyo to come into life.
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Kana Grace Job
Kana Grace Nootenboom got her M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy from Vanguard University and pursued it as a career. Today, she is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Henderson, Nevada. She also claims to be a certified facilitator of Prepare and Enrich premarital and couples program; a certified EMDR therapist to help those who have suffered any kind of trauma; and a Christian Counselor who is licensed in Nevada and California.
While on Facebook, she mentioned working as a clinical director and LMFT at Healing With Grace Counseling Center as of 1 May 2017.
She also formerly did modeling.
Meet Yumi Nu Dad, Brent Nu
It is Yumi Nu’s dad Brent Nu, a creative soul, who passed on to his daughters his artistic inclinations.
Yumi and her sister recall spending time in the garage with him as he played an eclectic mix of records, Sadé for Yumi and Ozzy Osbourne for Natalie, and created collage art to hang on the walls. For their birthdays, Brent would arrange elaborate scavenger hunts, placing pictures of animals onto construction paper with messages and clues. “He gave us so much space to grow”, Natalie said.
The Nu patriarch meanwhile was raised by his mom Bonnie Nootenboom of Delaware, New Jersey, most likely with as much love.
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Brent Nu Age
Brent Nu, full name Brent Nootenboom, reached the age of 52 in January 2021.
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What Is Brent Nu Nationality?
Yumi’s dad is a Dutch who on Facebook mentions East Stroudsburg in Pennsylvania as his hometown.
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Brent Nu Job
Brent Nu seemingly worked in a garage shop of his own. He often shared glimpses of it on social media. Or maybe he did it just as a hobby. Because he is also believed to be working in IT. Growing up, he also aspired to become a musician.
As for his educational background, we know he studied at CUNY Hunter College and East Stroudsburg Senior High School.
Related FAQs
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Are Yumi Nu Parents Still Married?
Indeed! As of 2022, Yumi Nu’s parents were still together and married. Having tied the knot on 12 October 1996, they marked their 26th year of becoming husband and wife in 2021.
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Where Do Yumi Nu Parents Live?
Yumi Nu’s parents gave birth to their kids in a small town in New Jersey. Seven years after Yumi was born, the family moved from New Jersey to Maryland and then to California. While today (as of 2022), they could be found based in Henderson, Nevada.
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How Many Kids Do Yumi Nu Parents Have?
Yumi Nu’s parents have two kids, including her. The other is her younger sister Natalie Nootenboom who also is a model; repped by Freedom Models Los Angeles and MiLK Management London.
Natalie was on Instagram @natalienootenboom with around 24.1K followers as of 17 May 2022. Exactly around this time, she was featured on the May cover of Teen Vogue paired with her sister Yumi.
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Are Yumi Nu Parents On Instagram?
Yumi Nu’s parents did not seem to be on Instagram as of the time of this writing. Her mom however could be spotted sharing glimpses from their lives on her ‘Kana Aoki Nootenboom’ Facebook and her dad did it from his ‘Brent Nootenboom’ handle.
