Sho Yano

is an American physician. Yano is a former child prodigy who entered Loyola University Chicago at the age of nine.

Early life and education Yano's mother, Kyung, is originally from South Korea, while his father, Katsura, is originally from Japan. Yano reportedly was reading by age two, writing by age three, playing classical music on the piano at age four, and composing by age five. then entered Loyola University Chicago also at age nine, He entered his third year of medical school at the University of Chicago in 2009, He became a pediatric neurology resident at the University of Chicago.

According to Yano, he owes much of his success to his mother, who noticed his superior intellectual capabilities at an early age and helped encourage and motivate him through rigorous academic enrichment. His mother also homeschooled him through the 12th grade, saying she felt other students his age would not be as interested in their studies. Sho's younger sister Sayuri (born 1996) also exhibits prodigious talents in both academic studies and music; she graduated Roosevelt University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in biology degree. She later became a Bachelor of Music student majoring in violin performance at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University.