Tutu Kane

Tutu Kane is the grandfather of Nanea Mitchell.

Personality and Facts

Tutu Kane runs Pono's Market with Tutu. He plays the ukulele.

In the Books

Hula for the Home Front

Tutu Kane gives Nanea a gift of a shell lei for her birthday. He gathered the shells from Ni'ihau and saved them to make a special lei for each of his grandchildren. While he gave her older siblings their leis when they turned 13, he gives this to Nanea when she turns 10 because she has had to grow up faster during the war. He gives it to her with the wish that it grant her a "safe and peaceful journey" throughout her life.

Tutu Kane later plays the ukulele at David's birthday luau. After David enlists in the army, Tutu Kane tells Nanea that he was the one to give David his Hawaiian name, Kekoa, which means brave and strong. He is named after Tutu Kane's own grandfather, Kekoa Pono, who was very brave. David's eyes, nose, and mouth also reminded Tutu Kane of his grandfather.