The following organizations and people had the vision in 1993 to support the formation of BSCO. The organization was built upon their enthusiasm and vision, and we remain forever grateful to everyone named below!

·         Bloomington Chamber of Commerce

·         Bloomington Convention and Visitors Bureau

·         City of Bloomington

·         Kodo & Toshi Kawamura

·         Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.

·         Normandale Community College and Japanese Garden Committee

·         Wells Fargo, Bloomington Branch

·         Radisson Hotel South & Plaza Towers

·         Dale & Sondra Simonson

·         Thermo King Corporation

The following organizations and people support BSCO at the highest levels, as Business, Honorary Sponsor and Sponsor members. Our thanks to each of them! 

·         Anime Twin Cities, Inc.

·         Eric and Joan Berg

·         Mark & Ivy Bernhardson

·         Best Buy

·         Bloomington Convention and Visitors Bureau

·         Bloomington Human Rights Commission

·         Darrell Christensen

·         Tom Christian

·         City of Bloomington

·         Steven & Darcy and Adam DeGonda  

·         Steve and Tracey Hill

·         Hilton Minneapolis / Bloomington

·         Coral and John Houle

·         Japan America Society of America (JASM)

·         Kodo and Irene Kawamura

·         Scott Labat

·         Larkin, Hoffman, Daly, and Lindgren, Ltd.

·         Mall of America

·         Shrin & Lekha Murthy

·         Karen and Dr Leonard (Bud) Nordstrom

·         Old Vine Wine & Spirits

·         Bob and Penny Peters

·         Neil & Pat Peterson

·         Plekkenpol Builders

·         Dan & Denise Royer

·         Tom Silverberg

·         Dale and Judie Simonson

·         The Toro Foundation

·         Dr Dean, Flora, Stacy & Hayley Tsukayama

·         Luminita Vollmer and Family

·         Walser Automotive Group, LLC

·         Ziegler Cat, Inc.