His debut work was in 1996. He won the Kodansha Manga Award for [Ike! Ina-chuu Takkyuubu](https://anilist.co/manga/37577), known in English as *The Ping-Pong Club*, published in Young Magazine.
Male
Gender
54
Age
March 28, 1972
Birthday
Urawa (Currently Saitama), Saitama Prefecture, Japan
