He completed his doctorate at the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Gifu University, Japan. He first worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the National Food Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan. Next, he joined RIKEN, where he worked on the construction and operation of a large-scale sequencing platform. He worked at RIKEN as a researcher and senior researcher, and is currently working as a coordinator in the RIKEN Preventive Medicine and Diagnostic Innovation Program.