Short personal record
June 1939: Born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
December 1954: Enters Dainippon Teikoku Shinkenkan Dojo under Matsuo Kenpu-sensei
February 1959: Receives 4th Dan in Iaidō
May 1960: Receives 5th Dan in Iaidō
January 1962: Receives 6th Dan Renshi in Iaidō; Inherits Muso Shinden-ryu Iai from Matsuo Kenpu-sensei; Comissioned as Junior high school Kendo Instructor by the Yokohama City Board of Education
1965: Iaido Representative at United States New York World Exposition
May 1975: Receives 8th Dan Kyōshi and Menkyo Kaiden in Muso Shinden-ryu from Matsuo Kenpu-sensei
June 1975: Introduces Iaidō in Hawaii
1983: Becomes Chairman and Kendo Instructor of the Kanazawa Police Station Youth Kendo Promotion Association
May 1986: Receives 8th Dan in Iaidō
May 1996: Receives Hanshi in Iaidō
September 2004: Receives 10th Dan Hanshi in Iaidō; Teaches twice to three times a year abroad for the past 25 years (Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria)