Aya Kitō

was a Japanese diarist. She wrote about her personal experiences living with spinocerebellar ataxia which was later published in the book ''1 Litre no Namida''. The book has been translated into many languages and millions of copies are said to have been read around the world, and has also been made into a 2004 film and a 2005 television drama series from Fuji TV in which Asae Ônishi (movie) and Erika Sawajiri (TV series) portrayed Kitō. Provided by Wikipedia