Born in 1964. During the 1990s, He was making films for children,
Pacusi (1994~1995),
Bavel's Book (1996) and so on. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short, ,
Mt. Head (2002) had 6 grand prizes and selected 100 Films for a Century of Animation.
Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor (2007) had 6 grand prizes, his directed films has received over 140 awards. He has been selected as the 2 place at 25 top short animated films directors over the last 25 years in 2021. His first feature film
Dozens of Norths(2021) won the Grand Prize for Feature Animation at the 46h Ottawa International Animation Festival Contrechamp Crystal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Extremely Short (2024) is officialy selected Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes.
He is also an active picture book author with 100 titles published, including
that is published 472,500 copies and. He was awarded the Kawakita Prize and the Art Encouragement Prize in Japan and received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2019. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a sub-chairman of the Japan Animation Association and a member of ASIFA Japan. He is visiting professor of Tokyo Zokei University, China Academy of Art, Aichi University of the Arts and a professor of Tokyo University of the Arts since 2008.