After studying product design at Tokyo Zokei University, entered Sony Corporation in 1990. In 1994, worked abroad to set up and head Creative Center’s San Francisco branch. After returning to headquarters, managed a wide range of groups; from design R&D to product, communication, and user interface designs. He was Appointed Senior General Manager of the Sony Creative Center in 2014.

He is also a jury of Sony’s Seeds Acceleration Program (SAP) which promotes innovation by searching new ways to create products.