Tamaki Saitō

Tamaki Saitō (斎藤 環) is a Japanese psychologist. Saitō is Director of Medical Service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Chiba.

Saitō is notable for his study of hikikomori, a term he coined ; he is internationally recognized as Japan's leading hikikomori expert.

Publications

 * Saitō Tamaki (2007) "Otaku Sexuality" in Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., and Takayuki Tatsumi ed., Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams University of Minnesota Press ISBN 978-0-8166-4974-7 (with a foreword by Mari Kotani)