Born 1952 in Shizuoko City, Japan.
In 1967 he began his career with character developments and design-work for popular animated televisions series (Gatchaman/G-Force and Time Bokan). Since then he created a vast variety of works in different mediums of art and design (video animation and video games, fantasy art, illustrations for magazines and books, stage and costume design for traditional Japanese theatre). He lives and works in Tokyo and New York.