Kanryo (Kumiko) Mizuno

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Her Buddhist name (dharma name) is Kanryo, and her secular name is Kumiko. She was born in a Jodo sect temple. She started learning classical ballet at the age of seven. She graduated from the Western Dance Course at the Department of Theater, College of Art, Nihon University. She taught at an acupuncture school in Tokyo and worked at a hospital before coming to her current position. She completed her master's degree in social welfare studies. She is the mother of two children. She trained at the head temple, Chion-in, and became a Jodo sect nun. With 20 years of experience as a doctoral student and 13 years as a nun, she provides treatments that are attuned to the body and mind of each patient. She is also one of the few people in Japan who has inherited the technique of tapping acupuncture, and she incorporates this technique into the acupuncture clinic she runs.

Updated November 2024

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Nov. 17, 2024 • Kanryo (Kumiko) Mizuno

Nice to meet you. I am Mizuno Katsuaki's mother, Mizuno Kanryou, also known as Mizuno Kumiko. Mizuno Katsuhide is pronounced "Mizuno Katsuhide." Mizuno is the surname I was born with, but my family home is a temple, so there is a bit of a connection to how I ended up with the name Mizuno. My grandparents were adopted sons-in-law and young daughters who married into a temple where a monk with the surname "Mizuno" had no children, and they were …

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