PROFILE

Ken Mogi is a neuroscientist, writer, and broadcaster based in Tokyo. He has a B.A. in Physics and Law, and Ph.D in Physics, from the University of Tokyo. He has done postdoctoral research in University of Cambridge, U.K. He has published ~100 books in Japan covering popular science, essay, criticism, self-help, and novels. Ken Mogi published several bestsellers (with close to million copies sold). He was the first Japanese to give a talk at the TED main stage, in 2012 (Long Beach).
Ken Mogi has a life-long interest in understanding the origin of consciousness, with the focus on qualia (sensory qualities of phenomenal experience) and free will.
Ken Mogi’s first book in the English language, The Little Book of IKIGAI, was published in 2017. It was published in the United States under the title of Awakening your ikigai. The Little Book of IKIGAI will be eventually published in 31 countries in 29 languages. Ken Mogi’s book with Thomas Leoncini, titled Ikigai in Love, was published in Italy in 2020, with other language versions planned. Ken Mogi's new book, The Way of Nagomi, will be published later this year from Quercus.