Born in 1969 in Aichi Prefecture. After graduating from Kanazawa College of Art, he studied woodworking at Agematsu Technical School in Nagano Prefecture. In 1988, he spent a year traveling to various places in New Zealand and Australia, engaging in house building and furniture production projects, while experiencing a culture different from his own. In his chair design, he creates from the unique philosophy that the human body was not designed to sit. His aim is to design pieces that can be cherished for a lifetime by makers, sellers, and users.