Born in Honjo Village, Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture (currently Chikuhoku Village ). He learned the piano when he was in elementary school, bought a synthesizer when he was in junior high school, and became interested in composition. After graduating from the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at Nagano National College of Technology, he became interested in film music and began to pursue music in college. He started his career as a composer while attending the Dep...