Anesthesiologist Dr. Sakura Kinjo wins Rocky Challenge Prize for bridging Japan-US academic exchange

Anesthesiologist Dr. Sakura Kinjo wins Rocky Challenge Prize for bridging Japan-US academic exchange

Dr. Sakura Kinjo (Photo provided by Dr. Kinjo.)


September 29, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

The Nakamura Iwao Challenge Foundation awards its Rocky Challenge Prize to Okinawans with global ambitions who serve as a role model to Okinawan youth. This year’s Rocky Challenge Prize will be awarded to Dr. Sakura Kinjo, an anesthesiologist and clinical professor at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Kinjo, an Okinawa City native, will be the eleventh recipient of the Rocky Prize. The award ceremony will take place virtually on November 7, during the Fifth Ryudai Mirai Kyoso (Co-create the Future) Forum.

Dr. Kinjo earned her medical degree at the University of the Ryukyus (Ryudai) School of Medicine and completed her internship at a U.S. military Navy Hospital in Okinawa. She then served as an assistant lecturer for the Department of Anesthesiology at the Ryudai School of Medicine, lecturer for the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at UCSF from 2005, and assumed her role as the anesthesia medical director at UCSF Orthopaedic Institute when it opened in 2009. Dr. Kinjo was chosen for the Rocky Prize for her cutting-edge medical work in the U.S. and her active role in bridging scholarly exchanges between Japan and the U.S.

The Rocky Prize was founded in 2010 by Iwao Nakamura, former president of Nissan Diesel Kogyo, using his personal funds. Nakamura is a Naha City native currently residing in Kanagawa Prefecture. At the award ceremony, Dr. Kinjo will be awarded one million yen and a plaque.

(English translation by T&CT and Monica Shingaki)

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