| Membership | Full member, Japan Kogei Association |
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- 1971 Graduated from Miyagi Daini High School and Hokkaido University, School of Science
Studied under Koichi Okumura in Kyoto - 1976 Built a kiln in Miyagi Town, Miyagi County (current Sendai City)
- 1977 First Solo Exhibition at Jujiya, Sendai (up to 2002, 22 times)
Selected for the 4th Musashino Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (4 times) - 1978 Selected for the 18th Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition (14 times)
- 1980 The 1st Ceramics Artists Selection Exhibition at Odakyu Department Store, Shinjuku
Solo Exhibition at Saito Gallery in Sapporo - 1981 Solo Exhibition at Matsuya Ginza (Tokyo) (22 times from this year onward)
Four Contemporary Artists Exhibition at Tachikichi, Ginza - 1986 Solo Exhibition at Yokohama Sogo ('89)
- 1987 Invited to hold a Solo Exhibition at the "Discover Japan Fair" sponsored by the City of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University
Exhibition at the University of Pittsburgh - 1988 Selected for the Chunichi International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts
- 1990 Solo Exhibition in Germany "Evening in Japan"
- 1994 Japan - South Korea Ceramics Exchange Exhibition in Daegu, South Korea (up to 1997)
- 1997 Solo Exhibition at Kyohei Fujita Museum of Glass in Matsushima, Miyagi
- 1998 Ceramics and Sculptures "Genko Exhibition"
- 2000 Broadcasted on NHK BS2 TV program "Yakimono Tanbo"
- 2001 Exhibition at Le Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini Gallery (Rome, Italy)
- 2002 Tea Utensils Exhibition at Rakuido Chatokan in Yamagata (4 times from this year onward)
"Ceramics Festival" workshop at Munkyung College (South Korea) - 2003 Solo Exhibition in Perugia, Italy
First Solo Exhibition at Fujisaki Department Store, Sendai (every year from this year onward) - 2004 Japan - USA Two-person Exhibition at the Cactus Hotel in Texas, USA
Invited to hold a workshop at the 16th National Ceramic Competition sponsored by San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (Texas, USA)
Workshops at University of Houston and Lone Star College, North Harris
Took part in ceramics seminar at Munkyung College (South Korea)
Workshop "About Japanese Ceramics" at Munkyung College (South Korea)
Japan - South Korea Two-person Exhibition at Tong-in Gallery in Insadong, Seoul
Selected for the Issuikai Ceramics Exhibition - 2005 Selected for the 1st Kikuchi Biennale
- 2006 Solo Exhibition (30th Anniversary as a ceramics artist) at Matsuya Ginza Gallery (Tokyo)
- 2007 Selected for the 19th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
Solo Exhibition at Palazzo Borromeo in Rome, Italy - 2009 TV program "Utsuwa Yume Kobo" broadcasted on NHK BS 2
"Artisans in Galleria Corsini” Exhibition in Florence, Italy
Solo Exhibition at Setoya Gallery Zen in Sendai, Miyagi - 2010 Selected for the 50th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (7 times from this year onward)
"Artisans in Galleria Corsini” Exhibition in Florence, Italy
Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Solo Exhibition at Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo (20th Solo Exhibition at Matsuya) - 2011 Four-person Exhibition in Daegu, South Korea
- 2012 Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2014 Selected for the Tobiten (up to 2020)
- 2019 Selected for the 59th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2020 Solo Exhibition at Kawatoku in Morioka City, Iwate
- 2021 Selected for the 68th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 1985Received the Excellence Award at the Chunichi International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts
- 1986Received the Incentive Award at the Miyagi Prefectural Art Exhibition (2 times)
- 1991Received the Museum Director Award at the Miyagi Prefectural Art Festival
- 1995Received the Prefecture Governor Award at the Miyagi Prefectural Art Festival
- 2005Received the Naruse Art Memorial Director Award at the Miyagi Prefectural Art Festival
- 2013Received the Incentive Award at the 1st Tobiten
- 2020Received the Miyagi Prefecture Educational and Cultural Achievement Award
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