Aya Kitō

Aya Kitō (木藤 亜也, Kitō Aya, 19 July 1962 – 23 May 1988) was a Japanese diarist. She wrote about her personal experiences living with spinocerebellar ataxia which was later published in the book 1 Litre no Namida. The book has been translated into many languages and millions of copies are said to have been read around the world, and has also been made into a 2004 film and a 2005 television drama series from Fuji TV in which Erika Sawajiri portrayed Kitō.

Aya Kitō
木藤 亜也
Aya Kitō
Born(1962-07-19)19 July 1962
Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Died23 May 1988(1988-05-23) (aged 25)
Japan
Cause of deathSpinocerebellar ataxia
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