Education
B.Agr., Kyushu University, Japan, 1990. Master of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyushu University.
B.Agr., Kyushu University, Japan, 1990. Master of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyushu University.
Assistant professor Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 1992—2001. Visiting sicentist New Zealand Forest Research Institute, Rotorua, 1996—1997, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1998—1999, Melbourne University, Australia, 1999. Expert Vietnam project Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo, 1999, expert China project, 2002.
Associate professor Kyushu University, Fukuoka, since 2001. Editor Journal Wood Science, Wood Industry, Wood Science Kyushu.
Member of Wood Technological Association Japan, Japan Society Microscopy, International Association Wood Anatomists, Japan Wood Research Society.
Married Natsuyo Oto; children: Suzuna, Takuto.