Biography
Posted by admin on May 26th, 2007
2007
May 26
- Creation: Born in Santa Monica (CA) on June 17, 1973 to Keiko and Masanori, I was rasied in NY, and re-created myself at the age of 15 when I moved to Tokyo. I have a younger sister named Maki. My whole DNA-family is still in Japan.
- Formation: I come from a traditional Japanese household, where discipline and perseverence were a big part of my upbringing. My parents taught me that I had the mental capacity to achieve academic goals; I taught myself that I could fly the cosmos with my creative wings.
- Education:I attended public schools in Westchester County (NY) till the age of 15, then moved to Tokyo (Japan) where I attended a private high school as well as university. My combined interests in computer science and cognitive science lead me to write a thesis about Pattern Recognition (using Neural Networks). I spent a year at UC Berkeley (exchange student), where I picked up some tidbits about artificial intelligence, played lacrosse, and injured my knee while I was a winter ski bum. It was during this year abroad that I fell in love with the Bay Area.
- Inspiration: I have been influenced by my travels to Bali (June04), Belize (Nov03), Costa Rica (July01), Cuba, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, UK, Spain, Holland, France, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, and the US (cross country and Hawaii). I am inspired daily by observing animals, babies, and human interactions. Mother nature is my number one teacher, and those who surround me inspire me on a daily basis.
- Geminization: I’m a merge between a monk and an extrovert and have cat-like qualities.