He was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1979 and, at the age of 16, became a student of the Japanese actor Hitoshi Takagi (1925–2004), whom he also assisted backstage. After completing his three-year training in Tokyo, he worked as a stage actor and voice actor until he moved to Berlin in October 2006. He now works in Germany as an actor in film, television, and theater. For example, in 2017 and 2018, he appeared on stage at Die Komödie in Frankfurt as Chao Ling in *Monsieur Claude and His Daughters*.
As a voice actor, he has been voicing the role of Chozen in the German version of the Netflix series “Cobra Kai” since 2020. And since 2016, he has been voicing the role of Genji in the popular video game “Overwatch.” He became known to a wider audience in 2017 for his role as the Japanese scientist Kitasato Shibasaburo in the lavish ARD series *Charité*, directed by Sönke Wortmann.
He also performs at events such as the Main Festival and Japan Connection, presenting Japanese folk tales and original stories as a kamishibai storyteller.