#KazukoKikuchi #MagicFingersKikuchiExercise

**「心身を育む、世界一の体操」**
卓球選手として活動し、のちに「きくち体操」の創始者となった菊池和子は、1934年に秋田県仙北郡豊川村（現大仙市）で生まれた。彼女は国民学校6年生だった終戦直後から卓球を愛しており、高校進学後に上京し日本女子体育短期大学に入学した。しかし、実業団からの誘いを受けて入社するも、その後の生活が予想どおりとはならなかった。
菊池和子は国民学校教師を経て、結婚と出産の後退職。その直後に「体操を教えてくれない?」との言葉に触発され集会所で体操を始め、「きくち体操」の名がつけられることになる。この作品は90歳まで健在な彼女が現在でも指導している人気体操である。著書も多数あり、Instagramのフォロワーも3万人を超えている。
Q：何をされた方ですか？
A：世界中で心身を育むためのきくち体操を普及させました。
Q：有名な作品は何ですか？
A：「きくち体操」です。多くの人に幅広い年齢で楽しんで頂いているため、有名になっています。
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English Summary
**"The world's best gymnastics to develop mind and body"**
Kazuko Kikuchi, who was active as a table tennis player and later became the founder of ``Kikuchi Exercise'', was born in 1934 in Toyokawa Village, Semboku District, Akita Prefecture (now Daisen City). She has loved table tennis since the end of the war when she was in the sixth grade at a national school, and after entering high school, she moved to Tokyo and entered Japan Women's College of Physical Education. However, although he accepted an invitation from a business group and joined the company, his life after that did not turn out as he expected.
Kazuko Kikuchi worked as a national school teacher before retiring after getting married and having children. Immediately after that, someone asked, ``Will you teach me gymnastics?'' and he started doing gymnastics at the meeting hall, which was given the name ``Kikuchi Gymnastics.'' This work depicts the popular gymnastics that she still teaches today, despite being in good health until she is 90 years old. He has written many books and has over 30,000 followers on Instagram.
Q: What did you do?
We popularized Kikuchi Exercises to develop mind and body all over the world.
Q: What are your famous works?
“Kikuchi exercises”. It has become famous because it is enjoyed by many people of all ages.
Wikipedia:菊池和子