Born 1982 in Tokyo
Lives and works in London

Education

2011      Royal College of Art, London, MA Fine Art in Photography
2007      Goldsmiths College, London, MA Image & Communications with a Distinction
2006      KEIO University, Kanagawa, Japan, BA Environmental Information

Group Exhibitions

2011      Summer Show, Hoopers Gallery, London, UK
2011      The Fine Art Final Show 2011, Battersea, Royal Colle of Art, London, UK
2011      Made Up, Artcenter Pasadena, Los Angeles, USA ; collaboration with Andrew Freind
2011      Work in Progress Show Fine Art Photography, Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA
2010      Sustaining the Future, Man Photography Prize 2010, Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA
2010      Album, Wolstenholme Project Space, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool, UK, cuated by Morgan Quaintance
2010      Suspending Disbelief, Lighthoue, Brighton, UK      
2010      What if... Wellcome Collection Window Display, London, UK; collaboration with Andrew Freind
2010      Leishmania ; Lessons from a parasite, Royal Festival Hall, South bank centre, The Royal Society Sience + Art Summer Exhibition;                                 collaboration with George Petrou
2010       Show2 Graduation show Design Interactions, Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA; collaboration with Andrew Freind
2010       Work in Progress Show Fine Art Photography, Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA
2010       Work in Progress Show Design Interactions, Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA; collaboration with Hiromi Ozaki
2010       RCA Secret, Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA
2009       Rankin Live, The Old Truman Brewery                                       
2009       100 % Design London; collaboration with Naoki Kawamoto
2009        Miller Gallery Carnegie Mellon University, USA; collaboration with Cesar Harada
2008        Show2 Graduation  Show Design Interactions, Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA; collaboration with Cesar Harada
2007        Derive Graduation Show Goldsmiths University of London, The Old Truman Brewery, London, UK

Awards

2011     Shortlisted for The Hoopers Gallery Award, UK
2011     Special mention for ITS TEN Photography Award,Trieste, Italy
2011     Longlisted for Beers.Lambert Contemporary Art, I Am Solitray exhibition, for 'Untitled, 2010', UK
2010     1st Prize for Man Photography Prize 2010, for 'Untitled, 2010', UK
2010     Winner of Good 50x70 /// 2010, UK; collaboration with Barabara Doux
2010     Selected for the Wellcome Collection Window Display, London, UK; collaboration with Andrew Freind
2010     The Picture Works, Thames & Hudson Prize, Ireland; collaboration with Kevin Gaffney
2009     Honorable Mention, International Photography Award, US, Fine Art Category
2009      Final Judging,  Terry O’neill Photography Award, UK
2009      Final Judging, Tailor Wessing Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, UK

Publications

2011     Dazed Digital, UK
2011     Hard Cover, black dog publishing, UK
2011     The National Trust, UK
2011     The Independent, UK
2011     The Times, UK
2011     The Guardian, UK     
2011     Time Out London, UK
2011     Blue Print Magazine, UK
2011     map magazine, Australia

Collections

2011     Private Collection, London
2010     The Wellcome Collection, London
2009     Carnegie Mellon University, USA