Born in Okayama Prefecture. Graduated from Tsuyama Technical High School with a major in architecture. Majored in architecture at Osaka University, and a research fellow (short term) at Oxford Brookes University, in the U.K. Received PhD (Engineering) from Osaka University in 2014, and was appointed Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University in 2020, before assuming current position in April 2024. I have lived in many areas (Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, Wakayama, Osaka, Aichi in Japan, and Oxford and Newcastle in the UK), naturally became interested in the people, things, culture, and history of various areas and studied urban planning and community development through architectural design.

We believe that those who specialize in urban planning are required to conduct research through the "people" who form cities, and that excellent communication skills, including dialogue, are necessary in order to get close to people's lives and decipher the subtleties of their lives. We will incorporate fieldwork to cultivate communication skills, and through interaction with many people, acquire the skills to solve contemporary social problems.

I think this is the time when you are wondering a lot about what kind of person you want to be, what kind of job you want to have, and what kind of life you want to lead. Through our research on urban planning and urban development, we would like to find answers to these questions together with you by coming into contact with people, things, and society. I would like to look not only at domestic but also at overseas countries, to have a broad perspective, and to see "scenery" that I have never seen before with you.

Preservation of industrial heritage, Reconstruction urban planning, Human network formation, Image transformation, Branding methods, Urban lignification, Hot spring resort regeneration, Space habitation design theory, Llandscape design