Born in Tokyo and educated through junior college, he entered the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1972, where under Koreya Senda he honed his craft on Shakespearean stages before moving on to television dramas such as NHK’s Fūjin no Mon and long-running series like Mito Kōmon, while also appearing in films including The Incident (1978) and Yuwakusha (1989). After leaving Haiyuza in 1989, his versatilit…
