Trudy is a Honolulu native who is bilingual/bicultural in English and Japanese. orn and raised in Honolulu, Bilingual/bicultural in English and Japanese. He has been a full-time realtor in Hawaii since 1986 and a broker since 1989. In his tenure, Trudy was the director of the Honolulu Board of Realtors, as well as president of the Hawaii Association of Realtors; he was also a chair on the Real Estate Commision.