question: In what year was the American politician born who started serving in the upper chamber of the Hawaii State Legislature on January 16, 2013?
answer: 1948
context: Title: Hawaii Senate
  Passage: The Hawaiʻi State Senate is the upper chamber of the Hawaii State Legislature.  The senate consists of twenty-five members elected from an equal number of constituent districts across the islands.  The senate is led by the President of the Senate, elected from the membership of the body, currently Ron Kouchi.  The forerunner of the Hawaii State Senate during the government of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻ i was the House of Nobles originated in 1840.  In 1894 the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii renamed the upper house the present senate.  Senators are elected to four-year terms and are not subject to term limits.  Like most state legislatures in the United States, the Hawaii State Senate is a part-time body and senators often have active careers outside government.  The lower chamber of the legislature is the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives.  The membership of the Senate also elects additional officers to include the Senate Vice President, Senate Chief Clerk, Assistant Chief Clerk, Senate Sergeant at Arms and Assistant Sergeant at Arms.
  Title: Romeo Munoz Cachola
  Passage: Romeo Munoz Cachola, commonly known as Romy Cachola, is a Democratic politician from the state of Hawaii.  An emigrant from the Philippines, Cachola became one of the first Filipino Americans to be elected to the Honolulu City Council since statehood in 1959.  He also was a member of the Hawaii State Legislature and served in the Hawaii State House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992.
  Title: List of Presidents of the Hawaii Senate
  Passage: The President of the Hawaii Senate is the presiding officer of the upper chamber of the Hawaii Territorial and Hawaii State Legislature.
  Title: Michelle Kidani
  Passage: Michelle N. Kidani (born September 30, 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate since January 16, 2013 representing District 18.  Kidani served consecutively from 2009 until 2013 in the District 17 seat.
citations: Hawaii Senate Michelle Kidani