Photo: Unknown photographer / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Writing about Sadako Sasaki feels less like profiling a celebrity and more like keeping a promise. She was two when the bomb fell on Hiroshima, irradiated, and gone by twelve, yet her folded paper cranes became a language the whole world could understand. What moves me is how a child with no platform, no career, no time, ended up shaping global memory of war more powerfully than many leaders. Her story refuses abstraction; it puts a small, real face on an unthinkable scale of loss. I include her here with deep humility, because some names should never be allowed to fade.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sadako Sasaki
- Name (Japanese)
- 佐々木禎子
- Reading
- 不明
- Born
- January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Goat
- Origin
- Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- schoolchild
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E3%80%85%E6%9C%A8%E7%A6%8E%E5%AD%90
Frequently asked questions
When was Sadako Sasaki born?
January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955.
Where is Sadako Sasaki from?
Sadako Sasaki is from Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
What does Sadako Sasaki do?
Sadako Sasaki works as schoolchild.
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.