He was the first Self Defense Fleet commander in 1954 until being succeeded by Vice Admiral Yasumaro Kiguchi.

Graduated from Iwaki Junior High School (currently Fukushima Prefectural Iwaki High School), and in August 1919, he entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy until he graduated in June 1922.

In November, he was then transferred to the torpedo chef role aboard destroyer Asagiri.

In July 1934, he graduated from Naval War College (32nd term of class A) and in November, he was assigned to the light cruiser Jintsū as their mine chief.

[8] On 1 August, exemption and member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff.

[13] 1 December, Second Ministry of Rehabilitation, General Affairs Bureau, Staff.

[14] The former Ministry of the Navy was dissolved at the end of the war, but because he was familiar with the personnel information necessary for demobilization, he was exceptionally exempt from public office expulsion by GHQ and continued to work at the 2nd Demobilization Bureau.

After that, he became a major member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (commonly known as "Y Committee").

After serving as the Chief of the Yokosuka District Superintendent of the Japan Coast Guard (currently the Yokosuka District Chief), he served as Commander of the 1st Fleet Group and Commander of the Self Defense Fleet.

When he was appointed as a reference for the Third Committee on the Practice of Constitutional Operation of the Cabinet Constitutional Investigation Committee, he said, "From the experience of the former commander of the Self-Defense Fleet, to make the Self-Defense Forces a strong unit.