Born in Chiba in 1958. He served as a curator at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park and at the Osaka City Museum of Modern Art Planning Office before being appointed deputy director of the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka Planning Office in 2017. He became the first director of the museum in 2019. In charge of supervising the establishment and the operation of the new museum, as well as the fields of modern design, photography, and contemporary art. Also actively engaged in criticism and commentary in these fields.