He was educated at Nagasaki Catholic Theological Seminary [ja],[1] and also studied philosophy and theology at Saint Sulpice Seminary, Fukuoka [ja].
[2] On 2 April 1978, he was ordained a priest at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.
[2] After returning to Japan, from 1988 to 1993 was the pastor of Tamari church, from 1993 to 2005 the pastor of Naze Church, from 2005 to 2009 the head of the parish office, from 2009 to 2011 the rector of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.
[citation needed] On July 7, 2018, he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Kagoshima by Pope Francis and consecrated on October 8.
His predecessor Paul Kenjiro Koriyama was principal consecrator, co-consecrated by Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, Cardinal Archbishop of Osaka and Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki.