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Tokujiro Namikoshi

  He was born on the 15th of November in Kanagawa, Japón.  In his family moves to Hokkaido.

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He began treating his mother's illness by applying pressure on her body, which led to the development of shiatsu.

 

  In he takes the massage exam in The Police Department, as required by law. A few moths later he opens his shiatsu treatment centre in Muroran.

  This centre is closed, and a new one opens in Sapporo.

  In March he goes to Tokyo to spread shiatsu, and opens a centre in Kudanshita.

On the 11th of  February , he founds his first school, the Nihon Shiatsu Gakuin en Bunkyo-ku.

  By , he had already trained therapists. To commemorate the occasion, he organises an event in HIbiya. About people attend his conference on shiatsu.

  During World War II, in May , in an aerial bobardment, his school “Shiatsu Gakuin” is destroyed in its entirety.

Tokujiro Namikoshi decides to start his business anew, and on the burned ground of his beloved

school, he promises: "from a finger, everything will be reborn". One year later, his new school Shiatsu Gakuin is completed.

  In September , together with his son, he visits Davenport, Iowa in the US, invited by the 

Palmer School,  where he gave a few master classes on shiatsu.

Biography examples Today's print edition. Tokujiro Namikoshi, a pioneer of shiatsu massage whose clients included Marilyn Monroe, died of lung cancer early Monday at a hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, his family said. He was Namikoshi, generally credited with popularizing shiatsu, became a celebrity after treating Monroe while she was on a trip to Japan in From , Namikoshi appeared on television, gaining popularity with his catch-phrase "Shiatsu no kokoro wa hahagokoro" The soul of shiatsu is a mother's soul.

They both travelled around the US to teach shiatsu.

  In February , Marilyn Monroe is in Japan on her honeymoon with the baseball legend, Joe Di Maggio. She goes to see Tokujiro Namikoshi to be treated for her insomnia. She improves significantly after 7 sessions, and develops a strong liking for shiatsu. This made shiatsu and the name Tokujiro Namikoshi much better known around the world.

  In February, the Shiatsu Nihon Gakko school is approved by the authorities as a

"Specialised Professional School".

On the 28th of March , the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan accredited the "Shiatsu Nihon Gakko"school as a professional shiatsu school, authorised to teach shiatsu, according to existing laws.

  In October , Tokujiro Namikoshi Sensei is appointed to the board for issues related to the  following specialties: “Tokyo Anma Massage, Shiatsu-shi, hari-shi, kyuu-shi and judo seifuku-shi”.

In the same year, he accepts the position of permanent director of the association of specialised schools in Tokyo.

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In November of the same year,  he is appointed president of the Nihon Shiatsu Association.

In March , he is appointed vice-president of the "National Learning Institute" Zenkoku Yousei Shisetsu. In October of the same year he met Palombini who was visiting Japan as coach-masseur of the Italian Olympic team.

  The Doctor was so impressed by the shiatsu treatments that he began to learn this technique, which he would later teach and promote in Italy.