Norio Torimoto

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Norio Torimoto, born in Japan in 1948, is one of the most well known representatives of origami art. Since 1971, he has been represented in museums, exhibitions and participated in other events where Japanese culture has been the focus.

Norio Torimoto won great fame in 1991 at Nippon Origami Association World Exhibition and was appointed Origami Master, one of nine in the world, by Nippon Origami Association on New Years Day, 2000. Mr. Torimoto has been involved in origami projects around the world in countries like the US, Hungary, China, Poland,^[1] Latvia,Italy, Germany and Sweden.

In 1987, Mr. Torimoto was commissioned to create an origami panda, symbol of World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), and also had the honour to present the panda to his majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Mr. Torimoto now lives in Sweden and among his origami creations you will find figures like Pippi Longstocking, Björn Borg, Boris Yeltsin, Olof Palme as well as the former Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson.

Extremely interested in mathematics, Mr. Torimoto lectures at The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, several universities in Japan, Denmark and the UK with topics like “Origami – Geometric solution as visual tactile perception”. Mr. Torimoto also spends his days teaching both teachers and young kids advanced mathematics through his origami.