Career
After performing first in so-called utagoe coffeehouses, he joined the band Hachimitsu Pie, and when they disbanded, he joined the Moonriders. Together with his Moonrider bandmates Ryōmei Shirai and Hirobumi Suzuki he started a unit called Artport. In the 1980s, he composed many songs and produced albums for idols, especially foreign
He died on December 17, 2013 from esophageal cancer.