I want to adorn the neck of every woman in the world with pearls.
世界中の女性の首を真珠で飾りたい。
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Mikimoto Kōkichi
Born in 1858 to an udon noodle maker in Toba, Japan, Mikimoto Kokichi pioneered cultured pearl production — achieving the world's first semi-spherical cultured pearl in 1893 and perfecting spherical pearl cultivation by 1905. He built the Mikimoto Pearl brand into a global luxury name, earning the title 'Pearl King' and transforming the jewelry industry by replacing natural scarcity with scientific reliability.
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