Born 1945 in Tokyo. Finished a photography workshop in 1976. In 1980, he won the Kimura Ihei Award for Street Photo Random Tokyo 1975-1979. His Flash Up series capturing Tokyo nightlife in the roaring ‘70s in pictures of biker gangs, yakuza, right-wing activists, cabarets and host clubs, made a big impact. He received the 42nd Annual Award from the Photographic Society of Japan for 80's Family in 1992, and in 1999, a Photography Award at the 30th Kodansha Publishing Culture Awards for Japan. Exhibitions include “Toshi no zokei (Urban Landscape)” (2008) and the “Toshi no kagami (Mirrors of Cities)” Nikon Salon special exhibition (2006).