Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1957. Graduated from Chikuyo Gakuen High School Design Department. In 1975, joined Shaken Character Design Department of Phototypesetting Machine Co., Ltd. Fontworks Inc. in 1998 and developed many typefaces including Tsukushi typeface.
He won the 2010 Tokyo TDC Award for "TsukuOldMin" and "Tsukushi Maru Gothic". They have become must-have typefaces for book designers and graphic designers. His latest typeface, TsukuAntique series, is a design that breathes new life into traditional Mincho and Gothic types, giving viewers a fresh feeling and further increasing the popularity of Tsukushi typefaces.
In 2016, appeared on NHK "Professional Work Style". In addition, "Fontworks Universal Design Font" won the IA Universal Design Award 2016 Silver Award. The Chikushi typeface series won the 2017 Good Design Award. His book is "Character Design / Typeface Fushigi" (2008, left and right company).
Received the 2018 Tokyo TDC Type Design Award for "TsukuOldGothic-B", "TsukuAntique Gothic-B", "TsukuAntique Mincho-L", "Tsukushi Q Mincho-L", "TsukuAVintageMin-R", and "TsukuBVintageMin-R".
Every year, I want to make the members excited with the new Chikushi typeface.