Atsuko Kato received her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in literature from the University of Tokyo in Japan. She is currently working as a professor in the Department of Japanese Language and Literature at Tsuru University, a public university located in Yamanashi Prefecture. She has written more than 40 papers and books related to contemporary literature, early modern literature, and theater. She was an associate professor at Yeungnam University and worked at Seoul Women's University and Sungshin Women's University. She is interested not only in Japanese literature but also in Korean literature.