He was born in
Itabashi,
Tokyo. He graduated from Yayoi Elementary School, Daiichi Junior High School, Koishikawa High School, and
Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics. He currently lives in
Urayasu,
Chiba Prefecture. He started his career as an actor in 1983 in the television drama
Fukei-san wa Majo (
Tokyo Broadcasting System) under the stage name , which he used during his early years as an actor. After appearing on the magazine
Popeye as a model and acting in
television dramas for around a decade, he turned to reporting starting with
Big Morning (TBS). ==Filmography==