Kyo Satani

A member of the FWD team. Kyo is a 43-year-old entrepreneur who has completed several ultramarathons including the 89th Comrades Marathon (89km) in South Africa, and the 30th Marathon des Sables (250km) in Morocco. He also ran about 890km from Kamaishi to Inubosaki - the coastline afflicted by the tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, whilst reporting the current situation and positive aspects of the afflicted areas/people. Kyo created the Cial- Thon, a social marathon, in 2012 which has been held 80 times in more than 50 cities. In 2011 / 2012 he held an ultramarathon, “Ultra Cial-Thon”, to help raise funds following the great east Japan earthquake. He is also the founder of the world’s first paxi (coriander) specialty restaurant and Tokyo’s first coworking espce. His activities of the last ten years have been covered more than 1000 times by the media.