| Date of Birth: | February 10, 1974 |
| Place of Birth: | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
| 1998 | JSPS Research Fellow |
| 2002-present | Research Assocaite, Div. of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Seismology and Volcanology |
| 1992-1993 | B.Sc. student, Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering, College of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University. |
| 1993-1996 | B.Sc. student, Dept. of Earth and Planetary
Systems Science, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University (Skipped the final year) |
| 1996-1998 | M.Sc. student, Dept. of Earth and Planetary
Systems Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University M.Sc. degree, Hiroshima University 1998 |
| 1998 | Ph.D. student, Dept. of Earth and Planetary
Systems Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University |
| 1999-2002 | Ph.D. student, Research School of Earth Sciences,
Australian National University Ph.D. degree, Australian National University 2002 |
| 2002.01 | Outstanding Student Paper Award @@(American Geophysical Union, Seismology Section) Title: Surface Wave Tomography: A Three-Stage Approach |
| 1998.04 | Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| 1999.03 | A.E. Ringwood Memorial Scholarship, Australian Natioinal University |
| 1999.03 | International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Australian Goverenment |
| 2001.08 | IASPEI Grant, IAGA-IASPEI Joint Assembly, Hanoi, Vietnam. |