Joined Tokyo Gas Co Ltd in 1990. He has been Senior General Manager of Global Business Planning Department of Tokyo Gas Co Ltd since 2024.  He was Senior General Manager of LNG Business Department as well as President of Tokyo LNG Tanker Co Ltd, and  the first President of TG Global Trading Co Ltd since 2020 to 2024.  

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