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Bachelor of Architecture from the Univ of Tokyo, Japan

Diploma of Photography from Sunshine Coast Tafe, Australia

Two Gold medals in "Hasselblad Austrian Super Circuit 2003” in Austria, Europe.

Winner of Portrait Section in "Digital Photography Grand Prix 2003" by Esquire Japan.

Images have been selected for "Australian Photographes Collection 9 " and “Collection 10” by Australian Commercial and Magazine Photographers.

A Silver with Distinction and a Silver awards at “Australian Professional Photography Awards 2003”.

Winner of "Leica Documentary Photo Competition 2002" Australia.

A Silver with Distinction and 2 Silver awards at “Australian Professional Photography Awards 2002”.

My professional carrier as a photographer is significantly owed to my previous two backgrounds: a Bachelor of Architecture and a 7-year experience at Dentsu - Japan's largest advertisement agency, both of which taught me the joy of creation.

I love the scale of creativity in architecture that allows you to design a space that actually surrounds you. And of course I love advertisement as well, not only because of the dynamism it involves but also of the fact that the advertisement industry is what has brought me to my life's work; photography.

It was in 2001 when I flew to Australia to become a photography student at the Sunshine Coast TAFE. The new environment gave me immense amounts of inspiration, which led me to successfully receive a number of Australian and international awards.

Photography has many different facets like anything else, but the aspect I am the most fond of is that it freezes the world in a fraction of a second, making it eternal.