1981: Born in Tokyo.

1983: Move to Canberra, Australia.

1986: Return to Japan; the end of cow-like happy childhood for three years.

1996: Back to Australia as an exchange student of Seikei high school and did the "best speech ever" according to the Cowra high school students.

2000-2004: Study at Keio University and learn French, Spanish and a little bit of German. Trip to Europe at the end of University life thanks to the prize of French speech contest.

2006: Graduate the Graduate School of Keio University with the thesis on the Mexican poet, Octavio Paz. Since then, work as a professional illustrator.

2015: Selected in the Pinpoint Gallery Picture Book Award (2015, Japan).

2016: Selected in the Crayonhouse Picture Book Award (2016, Japan).