1937 Born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. 1959 Graduated from the Faculty of Education at Kumamoto University.
Works Hane wo Motta Shonen (The Boy Who Had Wings) Kumamoto Nihongi Nakanocho Kaiwai: Sport to iu Onna ("Life in Nihongi in Nakano-cho, Kumamoto: A Woman Named Sport") Tokimeki Eiga Club ("The Exciting Movie Club") Nihon Eiga Kantoku Retsuden 1: Ozu Yasujiro no Nazo ("The Lives of Japanese Movie Directors 1: The Enigma of Yasujiro Ozu")

1959 Born in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.for Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits Tenshiha Ryo ("Ryo, on the Angel's Team"; ten volumes; story by Caribu Marley) Guilty (three volumes, story by Caribu Marley) Nihon Eiga Kantoku Retsuden 1: Ozu Yasujiro no Nazo ("The Lives of Japanese Movie Directors 1: The Enigma of Yasujiro Ozu"; story by Masahiro Sonomura) for Kodansha's BE LOVE Gal Boy! (33 volumes) Shin Gal Boy! ("New Gal Boy!", ten volumes) and so on.