Sayuri Ushio

is a Japanese hairdresser, businesswoman and photographer. She is the inventor of "STEP BONE CUT" technology that is one of the few patent in the world as a haircut technology. She broke Japanese customs that hairdressers are less to target businesses other than visitors to hair salons. She runs a hair salon for 6 shops in Japan and one shop in New York, and she serves as the representative director of the Japan. Small Face Correcting 3D Cut Association that she launched. In addition, she is acting all over the world as a photographer.

Person, background She is from Hyogo prefecture. In addition to operating 7 beauty salons owned by herself, she is also active as a photographer. In order to give a spiritual message to the photo and create a work in its own style, she discovers female models at street corners around the world and produces all process from hair makeup to costume procurement and photography. With the art photo book "For Japanese Hairdressers" released in 13 cities in 6 countries in 2010.

First jobs She got a job at a neighborhood beauty salon, cutting hair and cleaning, working long hours while living in a shared room with 4 people. She left after 5 years. the STEP BONE CUT was the first in the world to obtain a patent with a haircut which can be done with any hair design.

Initially, Ushio had released the technology free of charge, but she was concerned that the technology was fractionally imitated without proper transmission of true intention and lead to distrust of the technology. After further refining it, she got the patent in Japan, set up the association and opened the academy. As a result, many Japanese hairdressers were able to improve customer unit price. )

Awards history 2000 - TADA PHOTO COLLECTION 2000 Grand Prix. JHA 2000 (Japan Hair Dresser Award) Kansai Area Finalist. 2001 - JHA 2001 Rising Star Finalist. Milbon Photo Collection 2001 "Cover Award", "Designer Award" received 2 categories. 2003 - ARIMINO Photo Collection 2003 Final nomination. JHA 2003 Kinki area finalists. 2005 - ARIMINO Photo Collection 2005 Final nomination.

Writings Photograph and prose are serialized for "LIVE & MOVE" (NEWS HAIR MAGAZINE) for one year (2009). "ART PHOTO BOOK" For Japanese Hair Dressers "(2010) "Jinsei wo kaeru kami no maho"(2018 Jiyukokuminsha)