Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. in 1990. He has been the Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of the LNG business Department, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. as well as President of Tokyo LNG Tanker Co., Ltd. since April 2020. He was previously the first President of TG Global Trading Co. Ltd., established in September 2020.

He has extensive work experience in sales and service to commercial customers, including serving as Chief Representative of the Asia Pacific Regional Office in Kuala Lumpur and as an invited researcher of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from Keio University in 1990.