Kokology

Kokology is the study of kokoro (Japanese: 心) which in aforementioned language means "mind" or "spirit". The series of Kokology books were created by Tadahiko Nagao and Isamu Saito, a professor at Rissho and Waseda Universities in Japan and an author of a number of bestselling books regarding psychology and relationships.

The main focus is the analysis of the deep psyche. Using theories from Freud and Jung. Kokology Questions typically are "guided" Day Dreams or Submodalities

The books present a series of psychological and hypotheticals that are designed to reveal one's hidden attitudes about sex, family, love, work, and other elements of one's life. It is essentially a game of self-discovery that can provide interesting, and often hilarious insight by answering questions to seemingly innocent topics. The books were published in 1998 in Japan and became a Japanese bestselling phenomenon. The books were translated became available in the U.S. in 2000.

The television Series ran on Saturdays it was only aired in one city broadcast time 22:00 to 22:54 (54 minutes)


 * Series Run: April 20, 1991 to March 21, 1992
 * Country: Japan Broadcasting
 * Broadcast: Yomiuri Television Production Department
 * Production: IVS TV Production
 * Cast/s: Yamaguti Mie, Inferior soul, Izumiya Shigeru, Miwa Akihiro More

Trivia

 * In 1998 it was broadcast nationally for the first time NTV
 * 4 more "Special programs" were shown from Spring 1998
 * The video games Soreike Kokology and Soreike Kokology 2 were released in 1992 and 1993 by "Tecmo" with English and Japanese releases for MAME, Sony PlayStation, and Sega-AM2. The game is considered "rare" among collectors.