About Tamaki Saitō
Born 1961. Tamaki Saitō is a Japanese psychiatrist, cultural critic, writer, child psychiatrist, literary critic and psychologist.
is a Japanese psychologist and critic. He specializes in the psychiatry of puberty and adolescence. Saitō is Director of Medical Service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Chiba.
Saitō is notable for his study of hikikomori, a term he coined; he is internationally recognized as Japan's leading hikikomori expert. He is also known for presenting the theory of "multiple orientations" to explain otaku sexuality in Beautiful Fighting Girl. Saitō, Tamaki (2012) Social Withdrawal: Adolescence without End. Trans. Jeffrey Angles. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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Who is Tamaki Saitō?
Japanese psychiatrist
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Tamaki Saitō was born on 24 September 1961 in Kitakami.
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Tamaki Saitō is a psychiatrist, cultural critic, writer, child psychiatrist, literary critic and psychologist.
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Tamaki Saitō is Japanese.
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