Born in Tokyo in 1945, he studied metal sculpture, and graduated from the Crafts Course of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music in 1968. He founded Super Potato in 1973 and became a professor at the Musashino University of Fine Arts in 1992. He has received the Mainichi Design Award in 1985 and 1986, as well as the Interior Design Association Award in 1992.