A ceramic artist based in Mashiko-machi, Tochigi Prefecture, born there in 1977. After completing the Tochigi Prefectural Ceramics Training Center in 1998, he built his own anagama kiln in 2000. He digs raw, unprocessed clay himself and fires it solely with firewood for about a week. He specializes in "natural ash glaze," where wood ash settles on the surface and melts into a glaze-like coating, as well as "Nanban" ware, in which red clay is slowly fired at low temperatures for an extended time. In 2002, he received the Special Jury Prize at the 4th Mashiko Ceramic Art Exhibition.