Hana Rebecca Hatae was born July 15, 1988 in Tarzana, California to Akira Hatae, and Lisa Givner-Hatae, who met in college at Berkeley. Akira had come from Japan to study English, while Lisa was pre-law, and they both worked at the same Japanese restaurant. Givner-Hatae dropped out after three years to accompany Akira to Japan as he learned to be a Su Shi chef. After returning to the United States, Akira worked as a chef at the Japanese restaurant, Su Shi Ko, in Bel Air, California, eventually becoming the restaurant's manager. Later, he and Lisa became its owner, with Lisa running the front of the house. Hana has a brother, Samson, two years her senior, and a sister, Summer, nine years her junior.