I started my photographic journey while in high school, right after I moved to theUnited States from Japan. One evening, while I was driving in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, there were very heavy dense fog - so heavy that I couldn't see anything. I'd never experienced anything like it. I felt like I was in dream or heaven. It was beautiful - all the ugliness of the day was erased. The only visible thing was a street light, it was glowing and it emitted that glow onto the street...I got out of my car, and started shooting with my first camera, a Nikon F (a gift from my brother). I photographed with a time exposure, something I'd just learned in my high school photo class. I anxiously took the exposed black and white film to school to process it in the high school dark room. The image appeared slowly in the developer, it was my first magical moment and it was exhilarating! This excitement never went way and ended up being my life's work.

After graduating from high school, I proceeded to Art Center College of Design,in Pasadena CA. The Art Center College taught me basic knowledge of professional photography and the photography business.After graduating from Art Center I decided to move to New York to be where the action was. As stimulating and inspiring as New York was, the weather was challenging and two years later I came back to Hollywood.

In 1989, I designed and built a unique daylight studio in Hollywood. At this time most of my clients were from Japan. I had opportunity to work with many celebrities,famous sportsman, many beautiful models and I produced hundreds of advertising campaigns and fashion catalogues. After years of activity in Hollywood area, I decided to relocate to the South Bay, where my career, on that foggy day, had all begun.

With my studio now open, I am hoping that the knowledge and experience I garnered in Hollywood will be the asset that companies in the South bay area, especially Nikkei Corporations, will appreciate. The South Bay is my home.I'm excited and comfortable to be back here and I'm ready to create some more magical moments.