After graduating from Hokkaido Agricultural College, he studied at the Royal Horticultural Society Botanic Gardens, Wisley (UK) and Longwood Gardens (Pennsylvania, USA).

In 1999, he returned to the UK and built his career in large private gardens, before graduating with a degree in Art and Garden Design from Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) in 2003.

In 2019, he won a special prize at the Loewe Craft Prize 2019.



OCT 2023 "RHIZOME" - From the mud to the sun, jaggedart, LONDON, UK
APR - JUN 2023 CELEBRATING TWENTY ONE YEARS, jaggedart, LONDON, UK
MAY 2023 ARTEFACT 2023 THE CONTEMPORARY CRAFT FAIR, WITH jaggedart, CHELSEA HARBOR DESIGN CENTRE, LONDON, UK
MAR 2023 "COLLECT" AT SOMERSET HOUSE, WITH jaggedart, LONDON UK
JAN 2023 "THE 8TH FLYING BIRDS" IPPODO GALLERY GINZA, TOKYO, JAPAN.



Collection

V&A Museum (London, UK)