Kamekona Tupuola is a confidential informant for the Hawaii Five-0 team and entrepreneur who runs Wailoa Shave Ice, The Shrimp Truck and a Hawaiian tour helicopter company.
Biography
Pre-Series
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Season 1
In the Pilot episode, Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly recruited Kamekona for information into the death of Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett's father, John McGarrett.
In exchange for information, Kamekona charges money for a 'Wailoa Shave Ice' t-shirt.
In many episodes, he is seen bringing food to the Five-0 team or assisting them in their investigations and is considered a close friend.
Season 2
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Season 3
In the Season 3 episode, Kekoa (episode), it's revealed that Kamekona's full name is "Kamekona Tupuola".
Season 4
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Season 5
In Ina Paha (episode), in an alternate reality that Steve witnesses, an alternate Kamekona who never reformed still remains in prison and in addition to wearing a mustache, has numerous tattoos on the back of his head. More notably, that reality's Kamekona speaks in a much deeper voice than the normal Kamekona.
Season 6
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Season 7
In Ka Pa'ani Nu, Flippa Tupuola having enough of poor pay and humiliating conditions, gets the Shrimp Truck employees to unionize much to Kamekona's chagrin. Hawaii-Five O having no legal cause to arrest them let the two cousins sort it out. Eventually Kamekona admits to Flippa that he can't meet their demands, but offers Flippa to be the manager of a new food truck so that he could make their worker benefits happen.
In He ke'u na ka 'alae a Hin, Kamekona later becomes a silent partner in Hirsch's Crime Clean after seeing similar parables of the former felon with his own beginning.
Season 8
In Ka Lala Kaukonakona Haki 'Ole I Ka Pa A Ka Makani Kona, Kamekona and Hirsh work together in a case involving art pieces stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
In Waiho Wale Kahiko, Kamekona becomes a silent partner in Steve's after Danny and Steve have several setbacks in opening the pizzeria. He gives them an investment.
Season 9
In Lele pū nā manu like, Kamekona procures a turkey for Grover and his brother Percy to settle a bet. Later Danny and Steve having enough with the restaurant business sign sole proprietorship of Steve to Kamekona. Grover then asks Kamekona to hire his brother as a chef, and after trying a sample of his food hires him on the spot.
Season 10
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Personality
Kamekona is very outgoing
Trivia
- In his appearances on the show, Telia Tuli which is his real name, he's been credited as Taylor Wily.
Appearance
| Season One | |||||||||||||
| Pilot | Ohana | Malama Ka Aina | Lanakila | Nalowale | Ko'olauloa | Ho'apono | Mana'o | Po'ipu | Heihei | Palekaiko | Hana 'a'a Makehewa | ||
| Ke Kinohi | He Kane Hewa'ole | Kai e'e | E Malama | Powa Maka Moana | Loa Aloha | Ne Me'e Laua Na Paio | Ma Ke Kahakai | Ho'opa'i | Ho'ohuli Na'au | Ua Hiki Mai Kapalena Pau | Oia'i'o | ||
| Season Two | |||||||||||
| Ha'i'ole | Ua Lawe Wale | Kame'e | Mea Makamae | Ma'eme'e | Ka Hakaka Maika'i | Ka Iwi Kapu | Lapa'au | Ike Maka | Kil'ilua | Pahele | Alaheo Pau'ole |
| Ka Ho' Oponopono | Pu'olo | Mai Ka Wa Kahiko | I Helu Pu | Kupale | Lekio | Kalele | Ha'alele | Pa Make Loa | Ua Hopu | Ua Hala | |
| Season Three | |||||||||||||
| La O Na Makuahine | Kanalua | Lana I Ka Moana | Popilikia | Mohai | I Ka Wa Mamua | Ohuna | Wahine'inoloa | Ha'awe Make Loa | Huaka'I Kula | Kahu | Kapu | ||
| Olelo Ho'Opa'I Make | Hana I Wa 'Ia | Hookman | Kekoa | Pa'ani | Na Ki'i | Hoa Pili | Olelo Pa'a | Imi Loko Ka 'Uhane | Ho'opio | He Welo 'oihana | Aloha, Malama Pono | ||
| Season Four | |||||||||||||
| Aloha ke kahi I ke kahi | A'ale Ma'a Wau | Ka 'oia'i'o ma loko | A ia la aku | Kupu'eu | Kupouli 'la | Ua Nalohia | Akanahe | Ha'uoli La Ho'omoaika'i | Ho'onani Makuakane | Pukana | |||
| O kela me keia manawa | Hana Lokomaika'i | Na Hala a ka makua | Pale'la | Hoku Welowelo | Ma lalo o ka ili | Ho'i Hou | Ku I Ka Pili Koko | Pe'epe'e Kanaka | Makani 'Olu a Holo Malie | O ka Pili'Ohana ka 'Oi | |||
| Season Five | ||||||||||||
| A'ohe kahi e pe'e ai | Ka Makuakane | Kanalu Hope Loa | Ka Noe'au | Ho'oilina | Ho'oma'ike | Ina Paha | Ka Hana Malu | Ke Koho Mamao Ak | Wawahi moe'uhane | Ua'aihue | Poina 'Ole | La Po'ino |
| Powehiwehi | E 'Imi pono | Nanahu | Kuka'awale | Pono Kaulike | Kahania | Ike Hanau | Ua helele'i ka hoku | Ho'amoano | Mo'o 'olelo Pu | Luapo'i | A Make Kāua | |
| Season Six | ||||||||||||
| Mai ho`oni i ka wai lana mâlie | Lehu a Lehu | Ua 'o'oloku ke anu i na mauna | Ka Papahana Holo Pono | Ka 'alapahi nui | Na Pilikua Nui | Na Kama Hele | Piko Pau 'iole | Hana Keaka | Ka Makau kaa kaua | Kuleana | Ua Ola Loko I Ke Aloha | Umia Ka Hanu |
| Hoa 'Inea | Ke Koa Lokomaika'i | Ka Pohaku Kihi Pa'a | Waiwai | Kanaka Hahai | Malama Ka Po'e | Ka Haunaele | Ka Pono Ku'oko'a | I'ike Ke Ao | Pilina Koko | Pa'a Ka 'Ipuka I Ka 'Upena Nananana | O Ke Ali'I Wale No Ka'u Makemake | |
| Season Seven | ||||||||||||
| Makaukau 'ce e Pa'ani | No Ke Ali'i' Wahine A Me Ka Aina | He Moho Hou | Hu a'e ke ahi lanakila a Kamaile | Ke Ku 'Ana | Ka hale ho'okauweli | Ka makuahine a me ke keikikane | Hana Komo Pae | Elua la ma Nowemapa | Ka Luhi | Ka’ili aku | Ka 'Aelike | Ua ho'i ka 'ōpua I Awalua |
| Ka laina ma ke one | Ka Pa'ani Nui | Poniu I Ke Aloha | Hahai i nā pilikua nui | E mālama pono | Puka 'ana | Huikau nā makau a nā lawai'a | Ua malo'o ka wai | Waimaka 'ele'ele | Wehe 'ana | He ke’u na ka ‘alae a Hina | Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono | |
| Season Eight | ||||||||||||
| Fire Will Never Say that It Has Had Enough | Dog Days | Your Knife, My Back. My Gun, Your Head | No Matter How Much One Covers a Steaming Imu, The Smoke Will Rise | At Kama'oma'o, The Land of Activities | Unfolded by the Water are the Faces of the Flowers | The Royal Eyes Rest Above | The Trail Leads To A Diving Place; Do Not Follow After | Death at Sea | The Future is in the Past | A Tall Tree Stands Above the Others | The Round Up | What is Gone is Gone |
| The Children of Kalaihaohia | A Coral Reef Strengthens Out into Land | Only the Stars of Heaven Know Where Pae Is | The Fire Blazed Up, Then Only Ashes Were Left | To Do One's Duty | No One Has Ever Died For the Mistakes He Has Made; Only Because He Didn't Repent | Kind Is the Bird of Kaiona | The Answer to the Riddle is Seen | Though the Fish is Well Salted, the Maggots Crawl | What Parents Will Do, Children Will Do | The Tough Branch That Does Not Break in the Kona Gale | Ancients Exposed | |
| Season Nine | ||||||||||||
| Cocoon | The Man Who Fell from the Sky | When the Sea Draws Out the Tidal Wave, the Rocks Where the Cowries Hide Are Exposed | On the Slope of the Cliff, Not One Jutting Rock is Hidden from Sight | Nothing More the Eyes to Search For | Is Borne on the Back; Is Borne in the Arms | The Smoke Seen in the Dream Now Rises | Birds of a Feather... | Truth Comes from the Night | When the Light Goes Out, the House Is Dark | Gone on the Road from which There Is No Returning | A Bruise Inflicted on an Innocent Person Vanishes Quickly | Those Above are Descending |
| Depressed with the Heat of Kealwalua | Made Prisoner by the Reign of the Rain | When Covetousness is Conceived, Sin is Born | Offer Young Yaro Leaves to | He Who Eats 'Ape is Bound to Have His Mouth Itch | The Octopus of the Deep Spews It's Ink | Way of the Gun | Offspring of an Owl | The Teacher, the Pupil - Let it Come Forth | A Stranger Only for a Day | The Hand is at Fault | Endlessly Pours the Rain of Waianae | |
| Season Ten | ||||||||||||
| The Skin Has Been Hurt by the Point of the Spear | Knocked Flat by the Wind; Sudden Disaster | Passing Time Obscures the Past | Tiny is the Flower, Yet it Scents the Grasses Around It | Don't Blame Ghosts and Spirits for One's Troubles; a Human is Responsible | All Knowledge is Not Learned in Just One School | DNA | That Way and This Way Shifts the Sand of Punahoa | The Trunkless Tree of Kahilikolo | You and Me, It Is Hidden | To Return Evil for Evil | Where Were You When the Rain was Pouring? | The Rat was Caught Right in the Nest |
| There Was a Lull, and then The Wind Began to Blow About | Yours is the Mouth of an Octopus | Man is a Slave of Love | Like a Whirlwind, Whirling the Dust Upward | Lost in the Sea Sprays | Home Go the Very Tough Lads of the Hills | A Gripping Cuttlefish | He Cannot be Caught for He is an Ulua Fish of the Deep Ocean | Goodbye | ||||
| Hawaii Five-0 Characters | |
|---|---|
| Final | Steve McGarrett • Danny Williams • Adam Noshimuri • Tani Rey • Junior Reigns • Lou Grover • Kamekona Tupuola • Duke Lukela • Noelani Cunha • Quinn Liu |
| Former | Chin Ho Kelly • Kono Kalakaua • Max Bergman • Catherine Rollins • Jerry Ortega |
| Other | Lori Weston • Mary McGarrett • Grace Williams • Charles Williams • Jenna Kaye • Dr. Malia Waincroft |