A graduate of the KunitachiCollege of Music (where he wastaught by Norihiko Takiue) andof Tokyo University of the Arts(where he was taught by HiroshiHara,Masataka Hirano, MasatoIkegami, and Nobuya Sugawa).Took part in the 5th and 6thAdolphe Sax InternationalCompetitions (Dinant – 2010 and2014) and has impressedat theConcours International AdolpheSax (finalist – L’Haÿ-les-Roses –2018), the Andorra Sax Fest (3rd Prize – 2018), and theConcours des Anches Simplesde Toulouse (3rd Prize – 2019),among others.