Tamaki Saitō

Tamaki Saitō (斎藤環, Saitō Tamaki^?, born September 24, 1961) is a Japanese psychologist. Saitō is Director of Medical Service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Chiba.^[1]

Saitō is notable for his study of hikikomori, a term he coined;^[2] he is internationally recognized as Japan's leading hikikomori expert.^[2]^[3]

Publications

Saitō Tamaki (2007) "Otaku Sexuality" in Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., and Takayuki Tatsumi ed., Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams University of Minnesota Press ISBN 978-0-8166-4974-7 (with a foreword by Mari Kotani)
Saito Tamaki (2011) "Beautiful Fighting Girl" University Of Minnesota Press ISBN 978-0-8166-5451-2^[4]^[5]

References

^ Minutes of Forum "Have Young People Lost Their Dreams? A Portrait of Young People in Modern Society" (March 2005). Retrieved on 13 October 2008.
^ ^a ^b Maggie Jones (2006-01-15). "Shutting Themselves In". The New York Times Magazine. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/15japanese.html. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
^ "Japan: The Missing Million" (20 October 2002). Retrieved on 13 October 2008.
^ "Beautiful Fighting Girl". Amazon.com. ASIN 0816654514. Query Wayback Bibalex Wayback WebCite Wikiwix.
^ Ruh, Brian (26 July 2011). "You Fight like a Girl - Brain Diving". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/brain-diving/2011-07-26. Query Wayback Bibalex Wayback WebCite Wikiwix.

External links

	Japan portal
	Biography portal
	Health and fitness portal
	Psychology portal

Tamaki Saitō's website (Japanese)
Sofukai Sasaki Hospital website (Japanese)

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