Katsuya Takasu

Katsuya Takasu (高須 克弥, Takasu Katsuya, January 22, 1945 in Isshiki, Aichi, Japan) is a plastic surgeon based in Tokyo.[1] He has attracted controversies regarding his stances of Holocaust and Nanking Massacre denial.[2]

Katsuya Takasu
高須 克弥
Born (1945-01-22) January 22, 1945
Nishio, Aichi
NationalityJapan
OccupationPlastic surgeon
Spouse(s)Takasu Shizu (1969-2010)
Partner(s)Rieko Saibara (2012-present)

Takasu is a member of Japan Medical Association, Japan Society of Aesthetic Surgery, Japanese Association of Cosmetic Surgeons, Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and is a former member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.[3] In January 2011, Takasu was also appointed to be a visiting professor of cosmetic surgery at Showa University School of Medicine.

Life

Takasu studied at Showa University School of Medicine in Tokyo.[4] As a graduate student, Takasu went to Germany and Italy, where he studied plastic and cosmetic surgery.[5] In 1974, he established the Takasu General Hospital in his hometown, and in 1976, Takasu Clinic in Nagoya.[6] As of 2010, Takasu Clinic has its branches in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka.[7] In 1987, Takasu performed liposuction in Japan for the first time, having learned the technique from Pierre Fournier in Paris, France.[8] Takasu has been President of Japan Society of Liposuction Surgery since 1987.[9]

Rejuvenation project

In 1999, at the age of 54, Takasu started to feel it strange that cosmetic surgeons looked older than their patients. He also thought it odd that surgeons actually did not know how painful each procedure was. Takasu made a resolution to experience a series of cosmetic surgeries himself and rejuvenate by 20 years. Within a year, Takasu underwent facelift, buccal fat removal, phenol peel, upper and lower blepharoplasty, hair transplantation, liposuction, and golden thread implant.[10][11] As of 2010, at the age of 65, his rejuvenation project is still in progress. Takasu later referred to the resolution as life changing, because it brought him back to the starting point of a medical doctor, "share the pains with patients."

Philanthropy

Takasu is also a philanthropist. Immediately after the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, which killed 6,434 people and injured 43,792, Takasu established Organization of Cosmetic Surgery Volunteers in cooperation with surgeons from 9 other clinics. The organization offered plastic and reconstructive treatment to the earthquake victims for free.[12][13][14]

Guinness World Record

On August 2, 2011, Dr. Takasu together with his friend Koji Ishida (aged 71) established a Guinness World Record of most golf holes played by a pair in 12 hours (cart). The pair completed 261 holes at Kyowa Country Club, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Holocaust denial and praise of Nazism

In 2017, the Simon Wiesenthal Center was made aware of Tweets made by the doctor in 2015, wherein he praised Nazism for the progress made in German technology under the Nazi regime. He stated that no doubt that the Jews were persecuted by the National Socialist German Workers' Party, but the toll of Auschwitz and the Holocaust victims was exaggerated by Allies.[15][16]The Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery had responded to the center that an investigation about his membership would be completed in a few weeks.[17][18]

On November 8 2017, the Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery expelled him due to the Holocaust and Nanjing Massacre denial.[2]

Takasu has also posted articles denying sexual slavery by the Japanese imperial military during World War II[19] and defending Unit 731.[20]

Political Activities

In 2020, Takasu initiated a formal petition to recall the governor of Aichi prefecture, Hideaki Ōmura because of an art exhibition held in Aichi which Takasu considered degenerate. In February 2021 it was found that 83% of the signatures on the petition were fraudulent, many of them being written by the same person in the same handwriting. As of February 2021, the identity of the forger is under investigation.[21]

References
  1. Katsuya Takasu. (2010). Encouraging Positive Thinking. Retrieved July 31, 2010, from http://katsuya.takasu.co.jp/index.html
  2. Wiesenthal Center: American Academy Of Cosmetic Surgery Has Expelled Prominent Japanese Surgeon For Praising Hitler, Denying Nazi Holocaust And Nanjing Massacre Archived 2017-11-09 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved November 8,2017
  3. Takasu Clinic. (2010). Takasu Clinic Official Website. Retrieved July 31, 2010, from http://www.takasu.co.jp
  4. Showa University School of Medicine Alumni Association. (2006). Alumni List, Heisei 18, 189.
  5. Takahashi, H. (2003). Nando No-to Iwaretemo (No Matter How Many Times I Am Told No). Aera, 836, 60-65.
  6. Takahashi, H. (2003). Nando No-to Iwaretemo (No Matter How Many Times I Am Told No). Aera, 836, 60-65.
  7. Takasu Clinic. (2010). Takasu Clinic Official Website. Retrieved July 31, 2010, from http://www.takasu.co.jp
  8. Flynn, T. C., Coleman, W. P., Field, L. M., Klein, J. A., & Hanke, C. W. (2000). History of Liposuction. Dermatologic Surgery, 26(6), 515-520.
  9. Aronsohn, R. B. (1991). Contributing Editors. The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, 8(1), iv.
  10. Cullen, L. T. (2002, August 2). Changing Faces. Time, 160, 4.
  11. Takasu, K. (Producer/Director). Rejuvenation of Myself [Motion Picture]. Retrieved July 31, 2010 from http://katsuya.takasu.co.jp/movie.html Archived 2003-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Organization of Cosmetic Surgery Volunteers offering plastic and reconstructive treatment to the earthquake victims for free. (1995, January 31). The Asahi. p.7.
  13. Offering plastic and reconstructive treatment for free. (1995, February 1). The Yomiuri. p.24.
  14. Free surgical treatment for injured victims. (1995, February 10). The Mainichi. p.19.
  15. The Jerusalem Post Leading Japanese surgeon urged to step down for praises of Nazism, Retrieved August 31,2017
  16. Global Voices A Popular Japanese Cosmetic Surgeon Is Called Out for Admiring Nazism. Retrieved August 24, 2017
  17. Simon Wiesenthal Center Archived 2017-08-29 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved August 29,2017
  18. American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.Retrieved August 29,2017
  19. "あと、従軍慰安婦性奴隷と軍艦島虐待も捏造です。". 高須克弥. 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  20. "731部隊は防疫部隊だよ。濡れ衣だ！". 高須克弥. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  21. "愛知知事リコール署名「83％に不正の疑い」　県選管が調査結果、刑事告発も検討". Mainichi Daily News (in Japanese). 1 February 2021.
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