1965-
male
Born in Kyoto City, Japan
1986
Graduated from Saga Art College, Department of Ceramics
1988
Selected, Nitten
Selected, Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
Selected, Kyoto Exhibition
1989
Selected, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
Selected, Mino International Ceramic Art Exhibition
Selected, Kyoto Crafts Art Exhibition
1990
Selected, Nitten
1991
Began making pottery in Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture
1993
Selected for the Ceramics Biennial Exhibition
1994
Excellent Prize, Kyoto Craft Biennial Exhibition
Demonstrated ceramics in Melbourne, Australia
1995
Kinki Exhibition Prize, Contemporary Crafts Exhibition
1997
Encouragement Prize, Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
Saga Daikakuji Temple, Kyoto, “Flower Pottery Exhibition” Daikakuji Prize
Solo exhibition at Tobu Ikebukuro, Tokyo
1999
Solo exhibition at Takashimaya Department Store, Kyoto
2000
Kako’s Tracks, Tohei’s Tracks” at Kyoto Art Space KAN
Solo exhibition at Tobu, Ikebukuro, Tokyo
2001
Built an inverted-flame single kiln and began firing in a wood-fired kiln
2002
Solo exhibition at Tobu Ikebukuro, Tokyo
2003
Solo exhibition at Osaka Gallery NAWA
Solo exhibition at Hanshin Department Store, Osaka
2004
Tabe Museum of Art “Formative Exhibition of Chanoyu”, Excellent Prize
Solo exhibition at Ikebukuro Tobu, Tokyo
Solo exhibition at Gallery NAWA, Osaka
2005
Began making ceramics in Kaminaomi, Sasayama
Selected, “Chanoyu no Zokei Exhibition,” Tabe Art Museum
Selected, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
Kusunobu Prize, Kyoto Exhibition
2006
Solo exhibition at GALLERY Kurimoto, Nagaoka, Niigata.
Solo exhibition at Tobu Ikebukuro, Tokyo
Solo exhibition at Robert Yellin Yakimono Gallery, Mishima, Japan
2007
Solo exhibition at Umeda Hankyu Department Store, Osaka, Japan
Exhibited in “Ceramic Art of Hyogo” at the Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
Selected for the Chozo Prize for Contemporary Ceramic Art
Selected, Kobe Biennale Exhibition
2008
Solo exhibition at Gallery Momosei, Kyoto
Selected for Tabe Museum of Art, “Formative Exhibition of Tea Ceremony
Solo exhibition at Ikebukuro Tobu, Tokyo
2009
Selected for Kikuchi Biennial Exhibition
2010
Incentive Prize, 4th Contemporary Tea Ceremony Exhibition
Takashimaya Department Store, Takashimaya, Tokyo, Japan “A Sense of Beauty 2010” Exhibition
2011
Selected, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
Tabe Museum of Art, “Formative Exhibition of the Tea Ceremony,” Encouragement Prize
Paramita Ceramics Grand Prize Exhibition
Solo exhibition at Yufuku Gallery
2012
Solo exhibition at Himeji Sanyo Department Store
2003
Solo exhibition at Matsuzakaya, Nagoya
Two-person exhibition at Arader Galleries, New York
Two-person exhibition at Fukuyama Tenmanya
Two-person exhibition at the Nihombashi Takashimaya Department Store
2006
Selected, Contemporary Tea Ceramics Exhibition
Identity and Originality Exhibition
Hyogo Ceramic Art Exhibition
