Doctor of Philosophy, University Kyoto, 1988.
Research associate Osaka Bioscience Institute, Suita, 1988—1991, Tokyo Institute Medical Science, 1993—1999. Postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute Biophysics Chemistry, Goettigen, Germany, 1991—1993. Professor Kanazawa University, Japan, since 2000.
Member of Japanese Society Epigenetics, Japanese Bio-chemical Society, Japanese Association Laboratory Animal Science, Japanese Society Development Biologists, Molecular Biology Society Japan.
Married.