Calligrapher, BhSc, therapist born in Tokyo in 1966, currently living in Yokohama.

I stared learning calligraphy under Seiko Koga at the age of 7. At the age of 22, I gained the title of master and qualified as a calligraphy teacher under the name of Kikko Sato.

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After graduation from Meiji University I began working for Hitachi, Ltd. where I remained for 10 years.  Following this position, I received qualification as a Kimono dressing teacher and also served as a VIP attendant in Tokyo’s Haneda airport.

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At the age of 41, I was diagnosed with stomach and breast cancer. While in the hospital for treatment I met many wonderful people who although facing death, energetically embraced lives each and every precious moment. The experience of meeting those wonderfully courageous people moved me deeply to where I developed a keen interest in human psychology. I decided to attend Waseda University to study under human science professor and pioneer of the study of “mindfulness”, Hiroaki Kumano. During my studies, I examined how calligraphy affects the human brains’frontal cortex and sympathetic nervous system; analyzing this from the point of view of clinical psychology and applied brain science.

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Following graduation, I continued with my calligraphic studies under Master Souun Takeda and established myself as a “Nature Artist”.  I travelled to many global “power spots”in order to take in the air, the aura and the essence of those sacred places to inject into my calligraphic works. I call this: ”Sympathetic Calligraphy”.

In 2014, I had fallen into a coma after returning home from Yakushima, a highly spiritual region in the south of the Japan. I was taken to a hospital for emergency surgery but during the coma I had a strange out-of-body experience, feeling my consciousness leave my body while I observed myself from the outside. After the surgery, I made a miraculous recovery and was profoundly affected by this experience. I was graced with more precious time on this earth and I vowed to share what I had learned with others such as: how to manage stress, how to enjoy life and how to increase overall happiness through mental training…I also wish to genuinely express these things through my calligraphic art too. 

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At my core will always be my calligraphy but surviving through many difficulties, I must help others to learn about their bodies; to fully understand that their bodies are one with nature. I also wish to instill in others the importance of living life fully through their five senses, so that whatever happens in life, people can remain fluid and adapt to change simply by taking different perspective on their lives.