Ichiro Kishimi was born in Kyoto in 1956. He graduated from Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters, at a Faculty of Letters. He has researched Adlerian psychology since 1989 and writes lectures on Adlerian psychology and classical philosophy. He is a certified counsellor and consultant for the Japanese Society of Adlerian Psychology. He is a well-known Japanese translator of selected writings by Alfred Adler.