Born:
 September 23, 1973, Miyazaki Prefecture

Education:
 Keio University, Faculty of Policy Management
 Keio University, Graduate School of Media and
 Governance, Master's course

Career:
 1999 joined Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
    (now Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and
    Technology)
 2000 Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    (now Japan Science and Technology Agency)
 2003 Member, Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly (4 terms)
 2019 elected to the House of Councillors

(as of July 30,2020)