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PROFILE

Haku Kato

Poet

Born in Kanagawa, Japan, and based in Tokyo. Haku Kato develops poetry across publishing, readings, performance, video, installation, and collaboration. He began writing poetry in August 2025 and published his first poetry collection, Tokyo White Night Flight, in November of the same year. Since 2026, he has served as editor of the interdisciplinary poetry journal Koo.

Publications

2026 Crossover Poetry Magazine "Koo"
2025 Poetry Collection "Tokyo White Night Flight"

Awards

2026 "Restoring the Name" Japan Association of Poetry, Tanka, Haiku, Essay and Criticism Award, Excellence Award
"Asebi no Hashi" – Chairperson's Award, Contemporary Poetry Division, Minokamo City Literary Festival
"An Empty Bowl" Hamamatsu "My Poetry" Competition, Honorable Mention
"Amaoi" — Gifu City Literary Festival, Contemporary Poetry Division, Selected
"Tokyo White Night Flight" SHIBUYA AWARDS, Selected
"The Principle" JILA Recitation Competition, Poetry Division, Final Round
2025 "Straight Lines and Windows" Hakushu Poetry Dedication, Honorable Mention
"Spectral Transparency" Gifu Prefecture Literary Festival, Poetry Division, Selected
"Fermata" Sanpuku Literary Prize, Finalist
2024 "Butterflies Dream of Human" Asia Digital Art Award Exhibition, Grand Prize, Yudai Nakaya
"Lenticular" ACTA+ ART AWARD, Grand Prize, Yudai Nakaya

Events / Exhibitions

2026 "Tokyo White Night Flight" SICF Fukuoka, ONE FUKUOKA BLDG, Fukuoka
"Tokyo White Night Flight" NAFAS Festival Tokyo, BUoY, Tokyo
"Asebi no Hashi" – Minokamo City Literary Festival, Minokamo City Cultural Hall, Gifu
"Amaooi" – Gifu City Literary Festival, Gifu Media Cosmos Doki Doki Terrace, Gifu

Readings

2026 "Tokyo White Night Flight" NAFAS Festival Tokyo, BUoY, Tokyo
"Spring Melancholy" La Vague Group Reading and Critique Session, Tokyo
"The Principle" JILA Recitation Competition, Poetry Division, Final Round
2025 "Straight Lines and Windows" JILA Recitation Competition, Poetry Division, Preliminary Round

Collaborations

2024 "Butterflies Dream of Human" Yudai Nakaya
"Lenticular" Yudai Nakaya

Jury

2026 "Koo" Poetry Open Call
Gratitude Poem Contest, MAR apelar

Critical Writing

2026 Nozomu Hiraoka, "A Tongue Saved: On Haku Kato's Poetry Reading Performance," note (Critical Essay on the Reading Performance of the Poetry Collection "Tokyo White Night Flight")

Media

2026 "NAFAS 2026: The Invisible Dog fait sa cuisine à Tokyo," Makery (France)
"Butterflies Dream of Human" All Night Nippon, Nippon Broadcasting System
"Butterflies Dream of Human" Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Outdoor Large Vision
"Butterflies Dream of Human" Taxi GO, Signage
"Butterflies Dream of Human" Kariya City, Aichi, Signage
2025 "Lenticular" Yamaguchi Shimbun