Born in 1953 in Tōyako, Hokkaido. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, he worked in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, before establishing his base in Sasama, Shizuoka Prefecture. Using a distinctive technique that combines the potter's wheel with wire, he creates ceramic sculptures characterized by powerful spiral forms and the expressive surfaces of natural ash glaze. He won the Gold Prize at the 2018 Internationale Handwerksmesse in Munich and was a finalist for the 2019 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize. His work is held in museum collections worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum.