He attended military preparatory schools in Sendai and graduated from the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1909 with a speciality in artillery.

A particularly heavy Chinese attacks in Yichang were repulsed in October 1941 with the extensive use of chemical weapons by 13th division.

From February 7, 1944 he was assigned command of the IJA12th Army, which was primarily a garrison force in Japanese-occupied northern China.

This organization was part of the last desperate defense effort by Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces during Operation Downfall and was responsible for the Kansai and Chugoku regions of Honshū and the island of Shikoku.

In 1947, he was found guilty of command responsibility for allowing the execution of American airmen shot down between April and August 1945 in the region of Japan under control of the 15th Area Army.