Aya kito biography

Japanese diarist

Aya Kitō (木藤 亜也, Kitō Aya, 19 July 1962 – 23 May 1988) was a Japanese diarist. She wrote about her personal experiences living with spinocerebellar ataxia which was later published in the book 1 Litre no Namida.

The book has been translated into many languages and millions of copies are said to have been read around the world, and has also been made into a 2004 film and a 2005 television drama series from Fuji TV in which Asae Ônishi (movie) and Erika Sawajiri (TV series) portrayed Kitō.^[1]

Early life

Aya Kitō was born to Shioka, a nurse, and her husband Mizuno, an office worker.

She was the oldest of five siblings, the other four being Ako, Hiroki, Kentarō and Rika.

Aya kito biography

At the age of 14, Kitō started writing a diary. From the age of 15, after her diagnosis, she used it to record her experiences, including her symptoms.

At the age of 15, in her third year of junior high school, she complained of frequent falls and other physical prob