Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1979. After graduating from the Kyoto Traditional Crafts College in 2000, he trained in wheel-throwing under traditional craft master Hitoshi Tomonaga in Hasami, Nagasaki. In 2003, he established Tōkōbō Reimei in Ujitawara, Kyoto, and in 2006 studied under Yōichi Hata at Kutani Seiyō in Ishikawa Prefecture. Since 2014, he has been based in Misato, Saitama, working under the name rokura 六郎左衛門. He is a ceramic artist known for vessels with a matte texture and refined form.