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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.

Solo Exhibitions

2027 "One with many" ACF, Fukuoka

Publications

2026 Participatory Poetry Book "Listening to White"
Crossover Poetry Magazine "Koo"
2025 Poetry Collection "Tokyo White Night Flight" *

Projects

2026 "Listening to White" Participatory Poetry Project
"Koo" Interdisciplinary Poetry Magazine
2025 "Poetry of Gratitude" Participatory Poetry and Communication Project

Awards

2026 "One with many" ACF Open Call, Selected Project
"Restoring the Name" Japan Association of Poetry, Tanka, Haiku, Essay and Criticism Award, Excellence Award
"Asebi no Hashi" Minokamo City Literary Festival, Contemporary Poetry Division, Chairperson's Award
"Tokyo White Night Flight" SHIBUYA AWARDS, Selected
"Chair, You" Nagase Kiyoko Contemporary Poetry Award, Selected
"An Empty Bowl" Hamamatsu "My Poetry" Competition, Honorable Mention
"Amaoi" Gifu City Literary Festival, Contemporary Poetry Division, Selected
"Kuberu" Hashima City Literary Festival, Contemporary Poetry Division, 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

Magazine Publications

2027 "Sheep or Kings" — Contributed poem, publication name not yet announced (scheduled for publication in 2027)
2026 "fireweed," Shijin Kaigi (monthly poetry magazine), November issue, "Jiyu no Hiroba" section

Events / Exhibitions

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

Readings

2026 "Tokyo White Night Flight" NAFAS Festival Tokyo, BUoY, Tokyo
"Tokyo White Night Flight" haru no oto, 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

Jury

2026 "Koo" Poetry Open Call
"Poetry of Gratitude" MAR apelar

Collaborations

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

Critical Writing

2026 Anera Yazawa, "Commentary on the Poetry Collection" (Critical Essay on "Tokyo White Night Flight")
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-Screen Display
"Butterflies Dream of Human" GO Taxi, Digital Signage
"Butterflies Dream of Human" Kariya City, Aichi, Digital Signage
2025 "Lenticular" Yamaguchi Shimbun

PR

- MARPH
ACF

*Self-published