Born in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture in 1983. After graduating from Hosei University's Faculty of Intercultural Communication in 2006, he completed the forming course at the Ibaraki Prefectural Industrial Technology Center's Ceramic Guidance Institute in 2013 and apprenticed under Akio Nukaga. He established his own studio in Kasama in 2016. Working with Kasama's iron-rich clay, he focuses on kohiki (white slip), ash glaze, and black glaze techniques. His pieces bring the refined, subdued quality of antique folk wares into a contemporary lifestyle, creating functional tableware that blends naturally into everyday life.