Born in Tokyo in 1960. After graduating from the Department of Fine Arts at Musashino Art University, he traveled to dozens of countries around the world before settling in Mashiko Town, Tochigi Prefecture in 1992 to pursue ceramics. His work centers on crystalline glazes, developed through an extensive process of glaze testing. The crystals that emerge from carefully adjusted glaze compositions are never the same twice, giving each piece an exotic character that belongs to neither Eastern nor Western tradition. He produces a wide range of tableware including plates, bowls, and cups.