Born in Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture, they began playing the cello at age four. After graduating from Osaka Prefectural Mikunigaoka High School and Kobe University's Faculty of Letters, they completed the Master's program at Tokyo University of the Arts. They were awarded gold prizes in both the elementary school and high school divisions of the Izumi-no-Mori Junior Cello Competition. They received the highest second prize in the string instrument division of the Japan Classical Music Competition National Tournament and won first prize in the university division of the cello section at the All Japan Student Music Competition National Tournament. They have studied under Tekiyoshi Kawamoto, Toshiaki Hayashi, Kenji Nakagi, and Ryoichi Fujimori.