Feb. 21th 1966, born in Yokohama-city.
1988, won the Award from Nihon Univ., Department of Arts. Earned B.A. degree from Nihon Univ. Performed at "Yomiuri debut concert", "Yamaha debut concert" and "Nerima debut concert".
1989, Won the 2nd prize at The 4th International Leonard Falcone Euphonium Competition.
March 1990, graduated from Diploma course of Tokyo Concervatoire of Shobi.
Apr. 1990, had a Solo Recital. In this recital performed "URUWASHIKIMONO NAGAREYUKUNARI (Fantasy for Euphonium and Piano) / Jiro Censhu" (world premiere).
1992, performed as a member of "The Euphonium Company" at ITEC at Kentucky Univ.
Apr. 1994, had a Solo Recital. In this recital performed "GINGA HARUKA (Fantasy for Euphonium and Piano) / Jiro Censhu" (world premiere).
Dec. 1999, won the 3rd prize at TubaMania Internationl Competition in Sydney.
Recent, a member of Vivid Brass Tokyo. President of M-Gauge Music School.

Pisces
Blood type = O

Studied euphonium under Toru Miura, Teruo Miyagawa, Fumio Goto, Brian Bowman and Steven Mead.

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