Born: 1924 in Osaka, died 2013 in Osaka.

In 1948 he took part in the publication of the children’s magazine "KIRIN", and there he met Jiro Yoshihara. He became a student of Yoshihira and a member of the Gutai group in 1955, which he left again in 1964.

In the first open-air exhibitions, he showed iron structures of a minimalistic character.