Born in Kyoto. He studied ceramics at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts and began his career as an artist in Okinawa, before later setting up a studio in his hometown of Kyoto. He blends clay dug by hand from the mountains near his studio, shapes his work on a kick wheel, and uses natural pine ash for glazing, applying bold freehand brushwork with his fingers. He creates what he calls "vessels of prayer and vessels of daily life" — pieces that carry both the raw energy of earth and a warm, enveloping quality.