He then entered the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in the MSTP (Medical Scientist Training Program), which is designed for those seeking to earn an MD and PhD.
[citation needed] According to Yano, he owes much of his success to his mother, who noticed his superior intellectual capabilities at an early age and helped encourage and motivate him through rigorous academic enrichment.
His mother also homeschooled him through the 12th grade, saying she felt other students his age would not be as interested in their studies.
[6] Sho's younger sister Sayuri (born 1996) also exhibits prodigious talents in both academic studies and music; she graduated Roosevelt University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in biology degree.
She later became a Bachelor of Music student majoring in violin performance at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University.