Birth date: Jun 8, 1982 Death date: Mar 10, 2026
Michael Raymond Naoki Adachi (aka DJ MikeD) grew up in Nanakuli, HI, attended St. Joseph’s Parish School in Waipahu and Maryknoll High School in Honolulu before eventually finding his home at ’Aiea High School, ‘Aiea where he grad Read Obituary
Mike D started out as a coworker, but it didn’t take long before he became a true friend and brother. One memory that always brings a smile happened on a trip to a new tower site in Colorado. We were trying to navigate with a spotty cellphone signal while Mike was driving the rental SUV like the madman he always was. At a fork in the road, the map said go right—so right we went—straight up the side of a mountain on a road that had no business seeing a rental SUV.
We eventually reached the incline of all inclines and the vehicle finally gave up halfway. After a few choice words and Mike calling me a “dumb haole” a couple of times, he asked how we were getting back down. I told him, “Slowly… and in reverse.” He looked at me and said, “You want me to back two miles down this hill?” I said, “Yeah… and if you can’t, I will.”
In true Mike fashion, he grabbed a pack of donuts, started shoving them in his mouth until they were gone, and then slowly and nervously backed that SUV down about half a mile until we could turn around. From that day forward we knew to stay left at that fork, and we named it “Mike D Adachi Road.”
From that point on he hated whenever I’d say, “Mike… go right.”
Mahalo, my brother. I love you, and I’ll carry those memories with me always.
