Born: Tokyo, 1956
Education and Career:
1982... Graduated from Design Department, 3D Design Course, Craft Design Class, Tama Art University, Tokyo
1982-83... Assistant to Udo Edelmann, Glashaus Am Wasserturm, Rhinbach,Germany
1983... Assistant to Finn Lynggaard, Ebeltoft Glas, Ebeltoft, Denmark
1985-87... Teaching Assistant, Department of 3D Design, Tama Art University
1989-93... Danish Government Scholarship (1989-91)
Glass Course, Skolen for Brugskunst (Denmark's Designskole)
Copenhagen, Denmark (1989-90)
Wall and Space Art Laboratory, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen (1989-93)
1996... Started the Kanda Glass Studio, Saitama Prefecture
Selected Exhibitions:
1986... Takashimaya Department Store (two-persons), Tokyo
Gewerbemuseum Basel Museum für Gestaltung (NEVES GLAS AUS JAPAN UND AMERIKA), Basel, Switzerland
1987... Kiyose City Museum (one-man), Tokyo
1993... Broendsalen, Copenhagen
1995-96... Gallery 6 (one-man), Tokyo
1995... "SHAKING HANDS THROUGH ART", Manila
1996... Odakyu Museum (Glass '96 in Japan), Tokyo
1997... "Glass", Two-man-show with Impy Pilapil, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall