Shihoko Kuhara

Shihoko Kuhara was born in Sydney, Australia in 2011. Her Japanese mother had lived in Australia for 20 years and father for 10 years by the time Shihoko was born. When Shihoko was 18 months old, her family moved back to Japan and they now live in Ishikawa Prefecture, where Mr Tankichi Nabeshima was born. She has been back to Sydney a couple of times since, and plans to return again soon. Shihoko is a passionate ballet dancer, piano player, and a practitioner of kado, also known as ikebana, which is Japanese flower arrangement.

• NABESHIMA Tankichi