Profile
Currently  Associate Professor, Saga University
2008     Ph.D., Kyoto City University of Arts
2005     M.F.A., Kyoto City University of Arts
2003     B.F.A., Kyoto City University of Arts

Teaching Experience
Curently Part-time teacher, Kyoto Nishiyama High School, Kyoto (Fine Arts & Craft)
Part-time teacher, Ritto High School, Shiga Prefecture (Fine Arts & Craft)
2005 – 2007
Instructor, Craft Division, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Art

Collections
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Awards
2012   Grand Prize, 52th Craft Exhibition, Tokyo
2011   Silver Prize, Ongju International Craft Biennale, Korea
2009   Grand Prize, Ishikawa International URUSHI Exhibition, Ishikawa
2009   Umehara Award for Doctor Thesis, Kyoto City University of Arts
2009   New Artist Award, Kyoto City Art Exhibition
2008   Excellent Award, Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition
2007   Grand Prize for Elegance, ELEGANT SHAPES: WORKS OF URUSHI IN OUR DAILY LIFE, The MIYAKO MESSE, Kyoto
2006   TALENTE—Rize for Design, TALENTE 2006, THE INTERNATIONAL TRADES FAIR, Munich, Germany
2005   Mayor’s Prize, Annual Exhibition of Kyoto City University of Arts, The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
2005   Award for Excellence, The 45th Japan Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo
2003   Mayor’s Prize, Annual Exhibition of Kyoto City University of Arts, The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
2002   Hiradate Prize, Annual Exhibition of Kyoto City University of Arts, The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto