Born into a family of ceramicists in Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture. After completing wheel-throwing and decorating studies at Saga Prefectural Arita Ceramic College, worked on sometsuke (blue-and-white) and aka-e (overglaze red) at Kusayama Kiln in Arita. Moved to Maizuru City in 2009, built a wood-firing kiln, and opened the studio MUDDY 真泥. Creates porcelain using kick-wheel forming, natural ash glazes, and wood-firing, with sometsuke designs featuring reinterpreted classical Silk Road motifs as a hallmark.