Toshikazu Kawasaki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Toshikazu Kawasaki

Japanese paperfolder

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1955

Place of Birth: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: mathematician, artist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Toshikazu Kawasaki

  • Toshikazu Kawasaki (????, Kawasaki Toshikazu, born November 26, 1955 in Kurume, Fukuoka) is a Japanese paperfolder as known as The Father of Origami Rose and origami theorist who is known for his geometrically innovative models.
  • He is particularly famous for his series of fourfold symmetry "roses", all based on a twisting maneuver that allows the petals to seem to curl out from the center of the flower.
  • Kawasaki also teaches Mathematics at Sasebo Technical Junior College. Kawasaki is responsible for some very interesting theories, mathematically speaking.
  • He was the first to develop the technique of iso-area folding, which allows the folder to end up with each side of the paper displayed in equal amounts.
  • It consists of building a mirror-symmetrical crease pattern and then collapsing it to find a finished form, usually a geometric shape such as a cube.
  • He also discovered and proved that with any given flat point in an origami model, the sum of alternating angles is always equal to 180 degrees, a result now known as Kawasaki's theorem.

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