Born in Komono-cho, Mie Prefecture, in 1982. He studied composition under Hiroyuki Ito and Joji Yuasa. He has won prizes and been selected in numerous competitions, including the Japan Music Competition (2009), Isang Yun International Composition Prize (2011), International Music Tournament (2010), ICOMS International Composition Competition (2011), Sintelmia International Composition Competition (2012), Alvarez Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition (2012), Toru Takemitsu Composition Award (2013), Pablo Casals International Composition Competition (2015), San River Award (2015), Weimar Spring Festival Composition Competition (2016), and European Capital of Culture Wrocław International Composition Competition. His works have been performed at various festivals, including the Icon Arts Contemporary Music Festival in Romania (2013), Takefu International Music Festival (2010, 2013, 2014), Tongyeong International Music Festival in Korea (2015), and Melos-Ethos International Festival of Contemporary Music in Slovakia (2015), by ensembles such as Ensemble Calliope, Ensemble TIMF, Idée Fixe Ensemble, Tokyo Sinfonietta, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Next Mushroom Promotion, and Ensemble Mise-en. Currently, he is pursuing doctoral research in prosody at the University of Kent in the UK, while concurrently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music, College of Art, Nihon University, in Tokyo.