Born in Sapporo in Japan. He has graduated at The Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in the class of Jean Pierre Rampal.
He got a 1st prize on 1975. Also he got a 1st prize of 2nd International flute competition of Paris and 1st Prize of 1st International J.P Rampal flute competition in Paris 1980.
He has played everywhere in the world more than 150 cities more than 60 concertos for flute and orchestra with such a great artists Jean-Pierre RAMPAL, Seiji Ozawa, Claudio Simone, Simon Goldberg, Yutaka Sado, Leonard Slatkin, krishtof Penderecki, Sir Nevil Marriner, mustislav Rostropovich at Theatre des champs-Élysées and Salle Pleyel in Paris, Musikverein saal in Vienna, Scala de Milano,Lincoln Center in New York, Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Herlulesssaal in München, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, 台北国家戯劇院 、Arts Center in Soul, and Beijing, Shanghai etc.
He has recorded more than 80 CD with more than 20 companies like ERATO, JVC, SONY CLASSICAL, MEISTER MUSIC, NACSOS etc. He teaches at The École Normale de musique de Paris and The Tokyo College of Music.