Luckily, Nobu was brought in just in time. The surgery went smoothly and Nobu had a second chance in life.

“Sadly to say, his life will be different from the other kids. His brain functioning has been altered by the traumatic incident during birth. Hence will affect his cognitive processes related to learning.” – Doctor

There is another unfortunate news that hit Nobu’s parents, the brain damage has indirectly affected his sights nerve. He was permanently loss his eyesight…

“I was having depression when knowing about this and even thinking of suicide together. But when I look at his smile, the thought has been disappear. Even though the path hasn’t been easy to walk, it has been filled with a lot of joy.” 

– Itsuko Tsujii, Mother of Nobuyuki

Hoping to give Nobu a normal childhood experience. Itsuko sent him to a normal preschool when he was 3. A few months later, she was politely asked to withdraw Nobu’s enrollment.

“Nobu had a lot of meltdowns. He had a hard time with his learning and even unwilling to cooperate with the teacher. This has negatively impacted the whole class. I recommeded you delay Nobu’s schooling or send him to a special school.”  – Ms. Kazumi, pre-school teacher

But Itsuko refused to give up on her son. She tried everything from signing him up for an expensive behaviour therapy program to hiring learning specialists, and speech therapy.

“One day, I was listened to the classical music to calm my mind. I noticed that Nobu was very sensitive against the sound. I was even surprised he could even differentiate the song by different pianist. I found out that he was interested in music, so I bought him a little toy piano. Within a short time, he could play every sound accurately even if I just show him once.” – Itsuko

Itsuko’s surprise doesn’t stop there. Nobu was able to play “Do Re Mi” when she was humming along with it. And she found Nobuyuki playing the song by just hearing it!

“I was mesmerized he taught himself to play the piano. “So, I started enrolling him for piano lessons” -Itsuko

“Nobu is an extremely talented boy and such a pleasure to teach. He has a wonderful ear for music”   -Mr. Kawakami

With bated breath, Itsuko watched Nobuyuki’s musical abilities grow exponentially. At only 5, he passed the highest piano exam level with a Distinction. Astounded by this achievement, Itsuko let Nobu take the Harvard Music IQ Test. To everyone’s disbelief, Nobuyuki’s score was in the top 2%!

At age 7, Nobu won his first prize at the competition. He debuted with the Orchestra at 10. And has his first performance at a such BIG stage. This news caught the attention of one of the world’s renowned neuroscientist professors Dr. David Jonathan

Nobu’s upward progress continued to amaze everyone. At the age of 12, Nobu performed his own composition. And even made his overseas debut with performances in the United States, France, and Russia. Becoming one of the youngest pianists in the world. His mom was in tears!

Nobu’s mother clutched the St. Michael Archangel Pendant in the audience, and since that strange dream, she thought it was an oracle, and she began to search for this angel with fragments of her memory. Finally, she discovered that it was St. Michael.

St. Michael The Archangel

St. Michael, or Archangel Michael is mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel. The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that, in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his people, Michael came to occupy a certain place in the Jewish liturgy.

In the New Testament Book of Revelation, Michael leads his angels against the dragon (“the Devil and Satan”) and his angels during the war in heaven where he defeats the dragon. In the Epistle of Jude, Michael is specifically referred to as “the archangel Michael”. Sanctuaries to Michael were built by Christians in the 4th century, when he was first seen as a healing angel. Over time his role became one of a protector and the leader of the heavenly host against the forces of evil.