Shou-chan: “I wonder what kind of person gets to write it.”

We skipped over the article itself and focused on the writer’s profession:

Mr. Osami Mozumi, 63, Appointment Specialist at the Cabinet Office Personnel Division
The handwritten “Reiwa” characters are required to be preserved permanently
as a “Designated Historical Public Document” and will be transferred to the National Archives of Japan.
Mr. Mozumi is also a calligrapher with the art name Seison (菁邨).

According to fellow calligraphers,
Mr. Mozumi was already recognized as a standout student while studying in the calligraphy department of Daito Bunka University.

It’s also worth noting that the characters for the previous era name, “Heisei,” were written by one of his seniors from the same university—this is confirmed information.

Shou-chan, who once visited a university in Fukuoka with a calligraphy department together with his parents back in elementary school,
might now be considering calligraphy as one of his future career paths.

Thanks to your curious question, we were able to find out exactly who wrote those historic characters.

Now that’s what I call a lucky start to spring—how exciting!