He was born in Tokyo in March 1959 and educated at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University and the Graduate School of Waseda University.
He was working for Nikken Sekkei Ltd for 21years and working for the University of Tokyo as an Associate Professor for 2 years. He has been in current position since 2006. Main research area is Architecture and Urban Environmental Engineering. Doctor (Engineering). He is also working for the Science Council of Japan as a collaborative member and for the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan as a vice president. He was working for the Architectural Institute of Japan as an academic director and for the Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan as a technical director.
He wrote many books such as "Introduction to CASBEE", "Building and intellectual productivity", "Recommendation of health promotion housing", "LCCM housing design method", "Prevention and status of heat stroke disease", "Methods to create the best green building” and "Healthy life in healthy home as an action research project to enlarge healthy life span at Yusuhara town ".