Photographer, born in 1970 in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from Nippon Photography Institute. Studied under a professional photographer Masaharu Uemura and later became an independent photographer. He has covered more than 500 cities overseas, photographing world heritage sites, cityscapes, architecture, nightscapes, culture, history, customs, and daily life. He is a pioneer in nightscape photography, having held Japan's first solo exhibition of only overseas nightscapes. His recent creative theme is the human mind connected to the universe. He is creating photographs to express the universe that surrounds everything and the part of the universe between people.