Idaki Shin

(Real name: Tadamitsu Saito)

In 1971 he began a professional career as a specialist in social welfare. For a period of 8 years he worked in one of the most advanced homes for the aged in Tokyo, where he planned and implemented a new life-care system. This provided the basis for various official services and facilities that can be seen in operation today.

From around the age of 20, he pursued studies into the fundamental questions of human life, such as what is the true meaning of health, and how one can liberate oneself from burdens and exercise one’s own creativity, etc. At the age of 35, he discovered a way to recover the original function of life common to all human beings. At a later stage of his unique investigation, he discovered how to do this through piano improvisation, and has given 1209 concerts throughout Japan and various countries as of Jan. 2020. These have provided audiences the opportunity to experience the immanent beauty of life and to regain the vitality to pave a way for the future.

• Birthplace: Kizukuri-cho, Tsugaru City, Aomori Pref.
• Birth: June 23, 1943
• Graduate School: Toyo University Graduate School of Sociology, and then a Master’s Degree in Social Welfare.