), (1906-1988), is a well-known Japanese subtitler and translator, referred to by one scholar as 'practically a household name in Japan'.
[1][2] He translated popular authors including Erskine Caldwell and Agatha Christie.
He had a long working relationship with the Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures.
He introduced Shunji Shimizu to Paramount Pictures, which whom he went on to have a long working relationship.
He was at one point a representative of the Japanese Administrating Commission of Motion Picture Code of Ethics.