Born in 1996 in Furenai, Biratori Town, Hokkaido. Until the age of 22, he worked in fields different from Ainu crafts, but after being invited by seniors from the Biratori Town Ainu Association Youth Division and others, he joined the newly established Biratori Town Ainu Culture Promotion Public Corporation in April 2020.

Since 2021, he has been engaged in Ainu cultural transmission activities as a staff member of the Biratori Regional Iwor Revitalization Project at the same corporation. During summer, he has worked on maintaining traditional grain cultivation sites such as millet, barnyard millet, and foxtail millet, as well as participating in building traditional houses called cise. From December to March in winter, he learned craft techniques from local artisans. Since he originally liked making things, this experience inspired him to start creating woodcarving works.

He has also been active as an artist, participating in craft contests at the invitation of his colleague Hiramura Daiki, exhibiting at the "Ainu Art Show" held at Upopy (Symbolic Space for Ethnic Harmony), and selling his own ita (flat wooden trays) together with Kaizawa Toru and others at the BEAMS JAPAN event "Ainu Crafts."

He is mainly devoted to making ita. While referring to the traditional patterns depicted in works by predecessors from Nibutani, he strives to express his own style. He notes that unlike welding, which he practiced in his previous job and where mistakes can be redone, woodcarving is a one-shot process. He intends to continue creating traditional works in the future.

In 2023, he was responsible for the wrapping design of the Sapporo sightseeing bus "Setapukusa-go" and participated in the collaborative product development project with "Nibutani Ainu Craft" (2023). He is a member of the Nibutani Mingei Association.

Ainu Crafts pewre (in Ainu language, “pewre” means “young” or “youth”)
76-6 Nibutani, Biratori-cho, Saru-gun, Hokkaido 055-0101, Japan

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