Born in Japan. Grew up in Kobe, Japan. Studied Traditional Japanese Painting at the College of Fine Arts in Aichi, Japan. Degree: Diploma in Traditional Japanese Painting with Prof Tamamako Kataoka. Art College of Fine Arts in Aichi, Japan. Studied free painting at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg. Freelance artistic activity in Japan. Teaching painting at Kobe High School. Commissions for portraits. Teaching at the Institute for Disabled Children in Hyogo. Since 2011 in Hamburg.