Profile- Born in Hokkaido in 1954
- Joined Sony Group in April 1978
- Joined a foreigner-targeted sales company in Akihabara
In charge of domestic duty-free shops within the Tourist Department until 2007
- As working group leader of the commercial section of TIJ Tokyo, worked on transforming Akihabara into a tourist site, by providing free tours and the like between May 2005 and March 2007
- Worked for the complaints department of Sony Customer Service Inc. in 2008
- Appointed Director & Head of Secretariat at NPO Akihabara Tourism Promotion Association since May 2009