## Biography Born in 1953 in Fukushima Prefecture. Graduated from Hosei University, Faculty of Law. After working in the private sector and as a local government officer, he became a nature photographer. ## Affiliations & Roles - Member, Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS) - Member, Photographic Society of Japan (PSJ) - Auditor, Japan Nature Science Photographers Association (JNP) - Organizer, Photo Dojo "Ichinokai" - Committee Member, All-Japan Association of Photographers (AJAPS) Kanto Headquarters - Permanent Lecturer, Photographers Federation of Japan (PFJ) He advocates "Composing Your Personal Photo Chronicle" for photography enthusiasts to enjoy a fulfilling photographic life. He has served as a judge for numerous photography magazines and contests. ## Major Exhibitions - 1995 "Suigen – Masterpieces of Urabandai" Fuji Photo Salon, etc. - 1999 "Silence of Oze" Fuji Photo Salon (Tokyo, Osaka) - 2001 "Precious Nature of Japan – Oze" Fukushima Future Expo venue - 2002 "Voices of Oze" Pentax Forum (Tokyo) - 2004 "Voices of Urabandai" Fuji Photo Salon (Tokyo, Osaka) - 2005 "Voices of Urabandai" Fuji Photo Gallery Utsunomiya (Tochigi) - 2006 "Voices of Urabandai" Fujicolor Aura (Niigata) - 2006 "Voices of Oguni – Letters from Oguni Town, Yamagata" Pentax Forum (Tokyo) - 2007 "Voices of Oguni – Letters from Oguni Town, Yamagata" Fuji Photo Gallery Sendai; Fuji Photo Gallery Utsunomiya (Tochigi), Takasaki (Gunma), Niigata (Niigata) - 2008 "Voices of Urabandai" Fukushima City Photography Museum - 2010 "Voices of Sakura" FUJIFILM Photo Salon (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka), Fuji Photo Gallery Niigata - 2012 "Seasons of Voices – Japanese Archipelago" FUJIFILM Photo Salon (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya), Fukuoka Art Museum; Fuji Photo Gallery Niigata - 2013 "Tales of Sakura" PENTAX Forum Gallery I & II (Tokyo), Fuji Photo Gallery Niigata - 2016 "Voices of Flowers – Japanese Archipelago" FUJIFILM Photo Salon (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka), Fuji Photo Gallery Niigata - 2018 "Voices of Flowers – Japanese Archipelago" Fukushima Terusa Gallery (Fukushima City Photography Museum curated exhibition) - 2019 "Sakurani-sis" FUJIFILM Photo Salon (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo), Fuji Photo Gallery Niigata - 2022 "Listening to the Spirits in the Wild" FUJIFILM Photo Salon (Tokyo, Osaka) FUJIFILM curated exhibition, AYu:M, Shiraoka Town Cultural Exchange Center (Yamagata) - 2025 "Voices of Life – Japanese Archipelago" FUJIFILM Photo Salon (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka) ## Others ### Column - Apr 1998 – Mar 1999: "Landscape Graphics" series in Nihon Keizai Shimbun ### Calendars - 2018 RICOH CALENDAR - 2018– present "Flower Calendar" ## Judging Experience Served as a judge for many competitions, including: The 36th JPS Exhibition (Open Call), Fujifilm Photo Contest Nature Division (45th), All Japan High School Cultural Festival Photo Exhibition (35th), Gunma Prefectural Exhibition (64th–67th), Niigata Prefectural Exhibition (64th), Fukushima Prefectural Exhibition (36th), Yamagata Prefectural Exhibition (55th–56th), RICOH Imaging Photo Contest (2018), Akiyama Shotaro Memorial Yonezawa City Photo Culture Award (8th–13th), NTT East Japan Calendar Photo Contests (3rd–4th), Photo Day Commemorative Photo Exhibition (16th, 2020), All Japan Photographic Federation Branch Competition (2018), "The Four Seasons of Akita" Photo Contest, "The Four Seasons of Michinoku" Photo Contest, "Fukushima Star & Moon Landscape" Photo Contest (1st–), Niigata Fujicolor Photo Grand Prix (1st–3rd, 14th), 2019 Tochigi Prefecture Asahi Photo Grand Prix, Nagano Fujicolor "Shinshu Photo Exhibition", Mitsuke City Exhibition (38th), Sado Photo Contest (Niigata), Hanawa Town Dahlia Photo Contest (1st–), Oguni Town Photo Contest (1st–), Pentax Family Salon Exhibition (38th), monthly magazines PhotoCon, Cameraman, Nihon Camera, and bimonthly Landscape Photography, The Four Seasons of Photos, etc.