Chotai Yonaha was born in 1933, on the Island town of Ishigaki, Japan.
He was a self-taught painter and potter. Chotai Yonaha painted portraits of President John F. Kennedy; U. S. astronaut Lieutenant Colonel L. Gordon Cooper; air pioneer Major General Benjamin Foulois; and Air Force Chief Major Sergeant Leslie Knot, the last three portraits are or have been exhibited at the Air Force Hall of Fame in Washington, DC.

His awards and achievements include Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Newcomer Award; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Korin Award; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Okinawa Prefecture Industry Design Competition Chairman’s Gold Prize; Shinsei Art Exhibition Grand Prize. His painting of the historic Shuri Castle was presented on a Japanese postage stamp.  The art of Chotai Yonaha is or has been exhibited and/or offered for sale in museums, galleries, auction houses and auction websites, government buildings, and fairs including but not necessarily limited to the following:
1964 World’s Fair, New York City, NY                              
Air Force Hall of Fame, Washington, DC
Broward Auction Gallery, Dania Beach, FL
Chiswick Auctions, London, England
Garth’s Auctioneers, Columbus, OH                                                          
Grays Auctioneers, Cleveland, OH
J Levine Auctions, Scottsdale, AZ
Koza Art Gallery, Koza, Katakana, Japan                
Lake County Historical Museum, Tavares, FL
New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Oahu Auctions, Honolulu, HI
Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
Pacific Galleries, Seattle, WA
RB Fine Arts, Tavares, FL
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI    
RubyLane.com / San Francisco, CA
Rycom Art Shop, Okinawa, Japan
Sarasota Estate Auction, Sarasota, FL
Savacool and Sons, Carlsbad, CA
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
World Auction Gallery, East Meadow, NY

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