Tokujiro Namikoshi
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| Death | 25 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.