Completed Master's Course at Osaka Kyoiku University in 1972. Joined KYOCERA Corporation in 1975. Board member and Director of Electronic Components Department in 1987. Managing Director and Director of Telecommunication Department in 1989. Senior Managing and Representative Director in 1992. Vice President and Representative Director in 1997. President and Representative Director in 1999. Chairman of the Board and CEO in 2005. Director and Advisor in 2006. Present position of Advisor at KYOCERA Corporation since 2007.

Visiting Fellow at Doshisha University. Special Fellow of the Science and Technology Agency. President and Representative Director of HANDY Co., Ltd.

Research Paper: "Experimental study on the relevance between use of patents and corporate performance in electrical apparatus industry" (2007)