He was a member of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA).
He died of lung cancer at a hospital in Kiyose, Tokyo on November 26, 2010, at the age of 49.
He passed during production of the anime Towa No Quon, which he had been set to direct.
After his death, production was taken over by Takeshi Mori, who was credited as co-director.
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