- 1975
- Born in Tobe-cho, Iyo, Ehime Prefecture
- 1996
- Graduated from what is now Kyoto Saga University of Arts; apprentices to Imai Masayuki and his son Makimasa
- 2007
- Begins producing pottery in Tobe
“My pottery making always begins with contemplating things back and forth, up and down. But I leave the explanations up to the finished work. My goal is to create work that speaks for itself.”
