A ceramicist based in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture. After graduating from Yokohama City University and working as a civil servant, he relocated to Mashiko in 1996, where he worked at a pottery studio and served as an assistant to Setsuo Kurihara. In 2001, he established his own kiln in Kasama City and went independent. In 2021, he built a new direct-flame wood-fired kiln. He has appeared on NHK's "Ippin" and been featured in numerous ceramics publications, and continues to exhibit actively at galleries throughout Japan as a Kasama ware artist.