Tokujiro Namikoshi
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Death | 24 years ago |
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Date of birth | November 3,1905 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Shikoku |
Japan | |
Date of died | September 25,2000 |
Died | Bunkyo |
Tokyo | |
Japan | |
Books | Shiatsu: Japanese Finger Pressure Therapy |
Children | Toru Namikoshi |
Job | Internist |
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ID | 1798451 |
Tokujiro Namikoshi Life story
Tokujiro Namikoshi is the founder of Shiatsu therapy. He was born on the island of Shikoku. As a young boy of seven, he discovered his hands-on therapy pressure method while treating his mother's rheumatoid arthritis. He named this method "Shiatsu". In 1940, he established the Japan Shiatsu College in Tokyo.