Born in Hyogo, Japan, he graduated at the University of Art in Osaka.
Transferred to Italy in 1992, first Perugia and then Milan, he operates in the sector of product, graphic and set design.
Art director for Kawatsura SHI-KI, brand for an Urushi laquerware collection designed in Italy and produced in Japan, he is now working for other Italian and Japanese companies.

Born in Rome, graduated at the ISIA design institute, he has been living and working in Milan since 2000. He received for 8 times the Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum and an article designed by him forms part of the permanent collection of Triennale Design Museum of Milan. His works have been shown in several other museums and galleries of Europe, Australia, China, Japan and the US such as the Chelsea Art Museum of New York and the Today Art Museum of Beijing.