A ceramicist based in Nebukawa, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and director of "Kobo Daidai." He began making ceramics self-taught in 1991 and left his corporate job in 2000 to become a full-time potter. He is best known for his translucent pale-blue works glazed with "mikan ash glaze," made by burning the branches and leaves of locally grown mandarin oranges, and also produces celadon with crackle glaze and white porcelain. His work has been selected for the Asahi Ceramic Exhibition and the Choza Prize Biennale, among others, and he has fans both in Japan and abroad.