Sho Yano

Sho Timothy Yano (矢野 祥, born October 22, 1990Fact|date=February 2007, Portland, Oregon) is an Asian-American child prodigy. Yano's father, Katsura, is originally from Japan and his mother, Kyung, is originally from South Korea.

Yano reportedly played Chopin on the piano at age 3. He went to the Mirman School as a child. After scoring 1500 out of 1600 on the SAT at age 8, he entered Loyola University Chicago at age 9, graduating summa cum laude at age 12, and now attends the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in the MSTP (Medical Scientist Training Program), which is designed for those seeking to earn an MD and PhD. According to him, he owes much of his success to his mother, who noticed his superior intellectual capabilities at an early age and helped encourage and motivate him through rigorous academic enrichment. He also attributes his educational and intellectual accomplishments to his inheritance of superior genes which, combined with his strenuous effort and training, resulted in superior intelligence. His mum also homeschooled him through the 12th grade, saying she felt other students his age wouldn't be as interested in their studies. [ [http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com/2004/06/update-on-boy-geniussho-yano.html] Dead link|date=August 2008]

Sho's younger sister Sayuri (born 1996) also exhibits prodigious talents.

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* [http://us.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/08/25/sprj.sch.wonder.kid.ap/ Associated Press article]
* [http://uttm.com/stories/2000/12/05/60II/main254786.shtml CBS article]
* [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/30 Sho's coauthored research article, from "BMC Evolutionary Biology"]
* [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200611/kt2006112317343952910.htm His mother writes book on experience, sister joins Sho at college]