Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1987. After working in the Economic Affairs Bureau, Economic Cooperation Bureau, and Global Issues Department, he served as Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Germany, Director of the General Affairs Department of Yokohama Customs, Ministry of Finance, Director of the Research Coordination Department of the Japan Institute of International Affairs, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy of Japan in Belgium and Mission of Japan to NATO, and Consul General in Munich before assuming his current position in October 2023.