Left Myojo Commercial School without graduating (1911).
Entered Hayashikane Shoten (Store) Company (1914) and became its managing director (1924). Appointed director of Taiyo Hogei Kaisha (Whaling Company) (1936) and became vice-president of Taiyo Gyogyo Kaisha (Fishery Company) (since 1950). President of Nagasaki Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Holds additional posts of president of Radio Nagasaki Broadcasting Corporation, Taito Seiko Kaisha (Steel Company), Nagasaki-ken Beikoku Kaisha (Nagasaki Prefectural Rice Company), Nagasaki Fish Market Company, Nagasaki Soko Kaisha (Warehouse Company) and Nagasaki Kanzume Kaisha (Canned Goods Company) and member of Nagasaki Pre- fectural Assembly, Nagasaki Prefectural Public Safety Commission and Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry.