Biography
1944
Born in Asahi-shi, Chiba Prefecture.
1963
Entered Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design
1966
Finished his major at Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design. Joined the design department of Seyei China, a leading maker of Western tableware in Nagoya, where he worked until 1969.
1969
Entered Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Vacation-Training School. Quit the school in autumn and became an assistant at Aida Yusuke Kenkyujo (laboratory) in Kasama-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.
1970
Divided his time between a job at a small ceramic plant producing tiles, novelties and tableware, and creative activities in evenings on design and ceramics painting (until around 1973).
1973
Cofounded with Sugiura Toyokazu Ceramic Japan Co., Ltd., a company for planning, production and marketing of ceramic products.
1986
Compact won a grand prize at the 16th International Industrial Design Competition, Valencia, Spain.
1998
Became a professor in design and crafts at the Department of Art, the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music (until 2009).
2010
Became a professor emeritus at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music.