Reihō is a Sōtō Zen teacher based in Japan. He was born in 1973 in Madison, Wisconsin. He discovered the practice of zazen and began daily practice at the age of 16. In 1993, he met his first teacher, Reibin Robert Livingston, who ordained him a monk in 1996. In 1998, he moved to Switzerland and became a disciple of Missen Michel Bovay (also a disciple of Deshimaru Roshi), whom he followed closely until Bovay’s death in 2009. In 2010 he began training in Japan with Hōkan Saitō Roshi (a disciple of Ikkō Narasaki Roshi), from whom he has received the dharma transmission and whom he has followed from temple to temple: Shōgoji to Zuiōji to Eiheiji to Kōtaiji Monastery in Nagasaki, where he is currently an assistant teacher. In addition to doing translations, he also regularly leads retreats and workshops in Europe.