Born in Imari City, Saga Prefecture in 1962. After graduating from the design department of Arita Industrial High School, he trained at a Karatsu ware kiln and became independent within Karatsu City in 1995. In 1997, he built an anagama (tunnel kiln) in Sarigaya. Based on his own research concluding that the raw material of ancient Karatsu ware was sandstone, he rigorously recreates period techniques: grinding sandstone with a stone mill, using glazes derived from grasses and straw gathered near the kiln, and firing at low temperatures for short durations. In 2003, he received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the Kyushu-Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition.