In the early 1970s, he started his career as an avant-garde jazz percussionist and came to collaborate with Kondō Toshinori, Takagi Mototeru, Oki Kano, and others.

He has also performed with dancers such as Ōno Kazuo and musicians from outside the country including Derek Bailey and Milford Graves.

[3] In 1981, while studying native folk music from Asia and Africa, he met the shamisen player Momoyama Harue, the last disciple of Tomomichi Soeda [ja].

In 1987, he and Momoyama established the record label Ryūkō Gakusha (立光学舍) in Gujō-Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture as a base for their activities.

[5] He is currently researching the songs left by musicians of the Meiji and Taishō eras, particularly Soeda Azenbō but also including Hisada Kiseki, Iboshi Hokuto, and Nagai Yoshi.