He left Waseda University without graduating.
He taught at the Bunka Gakuin School in Tokyo. As a novelist he made his debut with his short story, The Frozen Dance Hall.” A writer of the Shin-Kankakuha, or New Sensibility Scnool, he became nationalistic and was appointed professor at Kenkoku (National Foundation) University in Manchuria. After World War II, he was purged from public office. His most well-known novel is Ten-no-Yugao (The Moon Flower), a love story.