Born in Minato, Tokyo in 1959. After graduating from the sociology department at Utah State University, he pursued a career in ceramics and studied at the Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani Ware Technical Training Institute. In 1993, he earned a Master of Fine Arts in ceramics from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He employs gold and overglaze enamels on porcelain to pursue a distinctive decorative language influenced by Art Deco and contemporary art, creating vessels and objects centered on themes of mandalas and the cosmos. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and has received numerous awards in Japan and abroad, including the Ministry of Culture Prize at the Vallauris International Ceramics Biennale.