Born in 1971 in Oita Prefecture, Japan. Besides running an interior decoration business, he works on art projects such as paintings, sculptures, and dolls. He started to make the short film Junk Head 1 in 2009 and completed it in 2013. The following year, he began work on its feature version, which was completed in 2017. In March 2021, the re-edited version of Junk Head was released in theaters in Japan. Initially started with 10 screens, it is now showing on over 70 screens boosted by the spreading word-of-mouth and positive reviews.