Author Biography

Shuko Uchimura is a coach at Sports Club Uchimura, where she lives in Nagasaki.　After marrying Kazuhisa Uchimura, who she met at a gymnastics academy she was　working at, she gave birth to son Kohei in 1989 and daughter Haruhi in 1991. In　1992 she founded Sports Club Uchimura with Kazuhisa, where she is a gymnastics　and ballet instructor. She has made many television appearances, including on “Dr.　Failure: Don’t Turn Out Like Me!” (TV Asahi).　　Ryoko Sato is a housewife living in Nara prefecture. Through her efforts, her three　oldest children were accepted at Nada Junior and Senior High School, one of the　most exclusive private schools in Japan, and her youngest advanced to the equally　exclusive Rakunan Junior and Senior High School. After graduating high school, all　four were accepted at the notoriously difficult-to-enter Medical School at the　University of Tokyo. Since the spring of 2017, she has been working as an advisor　at Hamagakuen, the preparatory tutoring school that all four of her children attended.　She has made numerous television appearances, including shows such as　Fuji Television Network’s High Noon TV Viking! and Nippon TV’s One-minute　Stories that will Change Your Life.