Born in Aichi, Japan in 1964. Chief of craft section at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan) since 2010/ Judge of Japan Ceramic Society Award/ Member of the International Academy of Ceramics. He received master’s degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Arts (Japan). After he worked as a curator at Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (Japan), he became the chief researcher at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan) in 2003. He is an expert in modern history of craft.

Publications
Kamabetsu Guide Nihon no Yakimono Seto(Guide to Japanese Pottery by Kilns in Seto), Tankosha Publishing
Kamabetsu Guide Nihon no Yakimono Mino(Guide to Japanese Pottery by Kilns in Mino), Tankosha Publishing
Nihon Yakimonoshi(History of Japanese Pottery), Bijyutsu Shuppansha
Curatorial Experience
“Gendai Togei 1950-1990) (Exhibition, “Modern Ceramics 1950-1990”), Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (Japan)
“Gendai Togei No Wakaki Kishutachi” (Exhibition, “Young Leaders of Modern Ceramics”), Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (Japan)
“Momoyamato Ni Miserareta Nananin No Togeika” (Exhibition, “Seven Ceramists Who Were Fascinated by Potteries of Momoyama Era”), Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art (Japan)
Exhibition, “Daily Vessels by Kenkichi Tomimoto, the Master of Ceramic Art”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan)
Exhibition, “Arakawa, Toyozo and Kato, Tokuro”, Sano Art Museum (Japan)
Exhibition, “Mineo Okabe: A Retrospective”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan)
Exhibition, “The Power of Decoration―A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kôgei (Studio Crafts)”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan)
“Chato―Zokei To Isho Ni Miru Genzaisei” (Exhibition, “Tea Pottery―The Currency Seen in Molding and Designing”, Gallery VOICE (Japan)
“About the Tea Ceremony―A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kôgei (Studio Crafts)”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan), and more