Date of Birth : 18 March, 1964

Place of Birth : Tokyo, Japan

Education and Career Positions:

1986.3     Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Law Faculty)

1986.4     Joined Japan Defense Agency (JDA)

1987.4     Defense Planning Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, JDA

1989.4     Regional Policy Division, Secretariat of the Minister of Home Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs

1991.4     Finance Division, Bureau of Finance, JDA

1993.4     Washington Office, Central Procurement Office, JDA

1996.7     Defense Policy Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, JDA

2003.1     Royal College of Defence Studies, the United Kingdom

2004.8     Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Disarmament Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)

2007.9     Director, Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, Ministry of Defense (MOD)

2011.8     Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat (National Security Affairs and Crisis Management)

2012.9     Director, Defense Policy Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, MOD

2014.7     Director General, Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau, MOD

2016.7       Director General, Administration Department, Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, Cabinet Secretariat

2019.7       Vice-Inspector General, Inspector General’s Office of Legal Compliance, MOD

2020.8       Director General, Minister’s Secretariat, MOD

2023.7       Vice Minister of Defense for International Affairs, MOD

2024.7       Retired, MOD

Advisor to MOD

2025.3       Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Sultanate of Oman