1984
Graduated Tokyo Zokei University, Painting
Accepted for the Japan and Culture Association's Japan Illustration Awards
1986
Accepted for The Choice
1987
Accepted for The Choice, A prize at The Choice‘s new face of the year
1988
A prize at the Crescent Competition
1989
Accepted for the Objet Tokyo
1991
A prize at the 42"‘ All Japan Calendar Competition, A new face award at the Japan lllustrator’s Association Annual 1991
1993
The prizes at the ADC Awards, New York, the TDC Awards and the London International Advertising Awards
1999
Opens the class at Asahi Culture Center, Yokohama
2000
Special lecture at Nagoya Zokei University
2002
A honor at the Biennale of Asian Illustration
2009
Accepted for the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava
2011
Opens the class at NHK Culture Center, Chiba