Ray Tsuchiyama
Ray Tsuchiyama is a Guild Consulting partner. He specializes in real estate portfolio strategy, family wealth, and long-term property stewardship. His career has spanned M.I.T., Castle & Cooke, Google, and Cushman & Wakefield ChaneyBrooks. Raised in Kalihi-Pālama and a two-decade Japan resident, he is fluent in Japanese and has studied Hawaiian language, bringing a Hawaiʻi, Mainland and international perspective to real estate and economic development. A former Maui County commissioner and Board member of the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council, he has written for The New York Times, Forbes, Japan Times, and The Hawaiian Journal of History. His Maui News blog received several Society of Professional Journalists awards. He and his Guild colleagues are occasional columnists for Aloha State Daily; the views expressed are their own.
Latest from Ray Tsuchiyama
Honolulu's next story is not about rail. It is about jobs.
Could a Skyline station become the center of a local economy where people live, work, shop and build businesses in the same neighborhood?
Ray TsuchiyamaSeptember 24, 2026
How to steward family wealth better in Hawai‘i
A local family that has worked diligently for generations for their security may have amassed a portfolio meant to be handed down — some land, some buildings, a business. It can be quite complicated, even before you take into account the emotions and interests of everyone involved in passing it along to the next generation. There's a better way to handle it all.
Ray TsuchiyamaSeptember 18, 2026
Why Hawaiʻi families stop speaking over a house
The wealth that most people in Hawai‘i stand to inherit is typically real estate — quite often the very homes we grew up in, which are now million-dollar assets. ASD columnist Ray Tsuchiyama has advice for how kama‘āina can avoid the pain of fighting over the house when their parents are gone.
Ray TsuchiyamaSeptember 10, 2026
Neighborhood capital: Unlocking Hawai'i's hidden housing resource
Redevelopment in Hawai‘i has typically forced landowners into one of just two decisions — sell, or don't sell. But there is a third choice, one where current landowners, by the dozens or the hundreds, could participate in coordinate redevelopments that could renew entire neighborhoods.
Ray TsuchiyamaSeptember 03, 2026
Hawaiʻi doesn't have a condo crisis, it has a missing law
Tens of thousands of people in Hawai‘i live in apartment towers that are now a half-century old, or older. Owners face sometimes ruinously expensive assessments to repair or replace aging building systems. Under Hawai‘i law they're stuck. There's no provision for owners to take the radical step of collectively selling their units and handing the building off to someone else to redevelop. Other places have such laws, here's how they work.
Ray TsuchiyamaAugust 27, 2026
What Pennsylvania and Florida know about sports tourism that Hawai‘i doesn't
Hawai‘i has plenty of sporting events that are, individually, successful and well known: Paddling, surfing, golf, triathlons and more. Here's how to take that collection to the next level and really elevate the Islands' sports stature.
Ray TsuchiyamaAugust 21, 2026
