SDF

Saori Fujimoto’s career in Korea began when she was selected to promote the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympics as a cultural ambassador representing Japan.As of 2021, she has been a promotional ambassador for the Seoul Immigration Office, the UN Habitat Korean National Committee, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Korea-Japan Festival, and FMG Entertainment’s CSR Forum, as well as Global Honorary Ambassador for Sejong Hangeul.In addition to participating in numerous CSR activities as a promotional ambassador, she has played the role of a cultural (civilian) ambassador between Korea and Japan and contributed to spreading Korean culture overseas.As a sign language artist, which is her primary career, she creates art based on Korean sign language translations of songs from around the world, using her entire body to convey the philosophy or message expressed in the song.Since 2018, she has been a member of the performance team Hangeul (which, in Korean, is short for “global artists spreading Korean culture”). Made up of non-Koreans, the team was created live on KBS Radio on Hangeul Day (October 9), 2017, with the aim to bring Korean culture to the world through music.In July 2020, motivated by the desire to better understand Korean sign language, which is the native language of Korea’s deaf and hard of hearing, she became the first Non-Korean to pass the written portion of Korea’s National Sign Language Interpreter Certification exams.She is currently preparing for the interpreting exam. She recently joined FC World Class, an all-foreigner women’s soccer team featured on the SBS variety show Shooting Stars. She plays forward, shirt number 452, and is known for being a determined, tenacious player.