Born in
Tokyo, Japan in 1967, he studied
piano from age 7. He left the Senzoku-Gakuen College of Music in 1993 before graduating. He studied composition and music theory with Tatsuhiko Nishioka,
Yori-Aki Matsudaira and
Chaya Czernowin.
He has received several awards and prizes, including the Sixth Akiyoshidai International Composition Award (1996, II prize and the Governor's Prize of
Yamaguchi Prefecture), the 13th JSCM (ISCM Japan Division) Composition Award (1996, finalist), the 20th IRINO Prize (1999, I prize),[1]ISCM World Music Days 2001
Yokohama (2001, selection) and the 72nd Japan Music Competition (2003, finalist).
In April 2006 he matriculated in the Graduate School of Design,
Kyushu University (science of sound culture studies in acoustic design program) and studied with
Shigenobu Nakamura. He received a
M.A. in Design, Kyushu University in March 2008.