Izumiya Kanji

Psychiatrist and composer. Graduated from the Tōhoku University School of Medicine. Worked at Seiwa Hospital. Studied at École Normale de Musique de Paris from 1999 and served as an academic counselor at a school for Japanese students in Paris before returning to Japan. In 2005, he founded the Izumiya Clinic in Tokyo, specializing in psychotherapy. Works include “Futsū ga ii” to iu yamai (The “It’s Good to Be Ordinary” Disease), Shigoto nanka ikigai ni suru na (Don’t Make Your Job Your Reason for Living), and Honmono no shikōryoku o migaku tame no ongakugaku (Musicology for Sharpening True Thinking Ability). Has also released the album Wasurerareshi uta: Ariettes Oubliées (Forgotten Arias).

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Jan 26, 2021