He was born on September 20, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist, who is well known for his manga Jiraishin. As of March 2006, he is currently married and has one child. His alias is Ichigo Nekota.
He was once a guest lecturer at Ritsumeikan University back in 1998, giving a talk on "Expression".
Nihei Tsutomu and Sato Shuho used to be his assistants.