Loves drawing since he was a child. However, he didn't think he could become a manga artist, and he aimed to become a manga editor in order to get involved in manga.
He became the editor of Ganso! Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku by HAMAOKA Kenji from 2007 to 2008 while kept submitting his manuscripts to other manga publishers.
He was an assistant of FUJIMOTO Tatsuki during Fire Punch.
ENDO Tatsuya and TATSU Yukinobu were once his assistants.
His favorite mangas are Kiseijuu, Koroshiya Ichi & One Piece among others.
His favorite mangakas are MIZUKI Shigeru, ITO Junji, MIURA Kentaro & KITOH Mohiro.
Tsuruno Takeshi of Ultraman Dyna fame is his cousin.
His favorite proverb is 案ずるより産むが易し (Doing something is easier than worrying about it).
At university, he was in puppet theater circle.
