A ceramic artist based in the Minami-yama district of Arita-cho, Saga Prefecture. In 1984 he studied at the China Academy of Art, then trained at the Kyoto Prefectural Ceramics Technical College before apprenticing under Douhachi Takahashi VIII. In 1994 he established Toubou 708. Using Izumiyama porcelain stone, Amakusa porcelain stone, and Karatsu purple sand clay, he fires white porcelain, celadon, and blue-and-white ware in a wood-fired single-chamber climbing kiln. His work weaves a deep inquiry into historical ceramics together with a contemporary sensibility.