| September 1970 |
Graduated from The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (LL.B.) |
| April 1971 - April 1973 |
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan |
| April 1973 |
Osaka District Court, Assistant Judge |
| June 1976 - June 1977 |
Assistant Judge Overseas Special Research (dispatched to France) |
| July 1977 - July 1980 |
Hiroshima District Court, Assistant Judge |
| August 1980 - July 1982 |
General Secretariat of the Supreme Court, Personnel Affairs Bureau |
| August 1982 - March 1983 |
Tokyo District Court, Assistant Judge |
| 1983 |
Naha District Court, Family Court, Ishigaki Branch Chief and Hirara Branch Chief |
| 1984 |
Tokyo District Court, Judge |
| 1985 |
Ministry of Justice, Civil Affairs Bureau |
| 1986 |
Ministry of Justice, Counselor for Civil Affairs (in charge of Corporate Law) |
| 1992 |
Tokyo High Court, Judge |
| 1994 |
Nagoya District Court, Chief Judge of Division |
| 1998 |
Tokyo District Court, Chief Judge of Division |
| December 1998 |
Financial Reconstruction Commission, Deputy Secretary-General |
| 2001 |
Tokyo District Court, Chief Judge of Division (Civil Division 8) |
| 2005 |
Head of Ootsu District Court & Family Court |
| 2006 |
Tokyo High Court, Chief Judge of Division (Civil Division 7) |
| July 2010 |
Retired |
| October 2010 |
Registered as attorney-at-law (The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association) |
| October 2010 |
Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba |
| April 2011 |
Professor, Surugadai University Law School |
| April 2011 |
Chairman of the General Management Committee of the Dispute Resolution Center for Nuclear Damages |
| April 2012 |
Dean, Professor of Law at Surugadai University Law School |
