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Research

This is the place to compile all of the research done in the hunt to Find Satoshi.

Have a lead? Email the project: findsatoshi-at-gmail-dot-com.

We know that Satoshi was in Kaysersberg, and are trying to trace his steps back to Japan. Please help!

 

Our friend in France contacted the Kaysersberg tourist office and found that several Japanese companies used to have local branches there, but have since moved on. Read more.

Our friends in Japan have scoured the Internet and sites like Mixi. We also have several classrooms helping the search! Read more.

We received an e-mail tip that Satoshi was recently in Los Angeles, but has returned to Japan. Do you know more? Please contact us!

 

Leads, disproven

We have had two solid leads so far. These men have similar facial structures to our Satoshi, and have studied or worked in Europe.

Please do not contact these men - they have been contacted and we do not want to frighten or impose upon them.

From the NY Times comments: Satoshi Hirabayashi - Mr. Hirabayashi has written to tell us he is definitely not the Satoshi we are looking for.

From the Digg comments: Dr. Satoshi Habuchi

 

It is possible!

Here are some examples proving that with enough participation, research and ingenuity (and the right contacts), it is possible to locate a needle in a haystack:

"Autumn and the Plot Against Me" by Nick Tosches, Vanity Fair. The author tracks down the location of a photograph used as a standard Windows desktop background.

"Thousands asked to be Tube cupid" and "Mystery Metro heartthrob found - and he's single!", Metro UK. German tourist Melanie Speth snapped a photo of an attractive man on the London underground, then appealed to the public to help find him - and they did.

BBC staff deluged with emails from girl desperate to trace 'gorgeous Gavin', Daily Mail UK. Vicky Elborough-Cook met BBC Employee Gavin Monks while on holiday in Barcelona, refused to give him her phone number and later regretting it tried to locate him by contacting his employer.