ABOUT KAMEDA
Keiichi Kameda
Founder, trainer and acupuncturist, BODY TIPS
Keiichi Kameda has worked with bodies for 26 years, as an acupuncturist and as a trainer.
He brings both perspectives together — easing the body, and helping it move — and starts every session by understanding yours.
Easing the body, and helping it move
As an acupuncturist, he has worked on easing the body. As a trainer, he has worked on helping it move. Because he knows both, he isn't tied to a single method, and looks at what your body needs now. Acupuncture, bodywork and training are the tools for that.
His path
After university, he worked for several companies, then studied in the United States for about a year and a half. He went on to work for a foreign airline for about five years, and then went to acupuncture school to take another chance at his dream of working in sports.
He qualified as an acupuncturist in 2001 and began working as a team trainer for corporate sports teams, including women's basketball and rugby. After leaving team sports, he has worked as a conditioning trainer supporting the health of everyday people.
In August 2010 he opened BODY TIPS in Shibuya, running it with his staff, and moved it to Omotesando in spring 2015. Since May 2012 he has also held seminars where both fitness professionals and the general public can learn about the body.
Work with sports teams
- 1999–2001Trainer, Aoyama Gakuin University women's basketball team
- 2001–2002Trainer, Ebara Corporation women's basketball team
- 2002–2007Chief trainer and physical coach, IBM Japan rugby team
- 2008–2009Physical coach, Kobe Steel rugby team
- 2008–2009Conditioning trainer, Kansai Electric Power women's rowing team
- 2009–2013Physical coach, Kashiwa Nittai High School boys' basketball team
Qualifications
Licensed in Japan as an acupuncturist, moxibustion practitioner and anma-massage-shiatsu practitioner. Other certifications include JATI-ATI (Japan Association of Training Instructors), NLP Practitioner and DNS Exercise Trainer (Part 3).
Built around you
Every session at BODY TIPS is private and one-to-one. You don't need to choose a method in advance — you talk, look and move together, and decide on the day what your body needs.