Received Sylff fellowship in 2009.
PhD in Japanese Language Education, Graduate School of Applied Linguistics, Waseda University.
Current affiliation: Associate Professor, Center for Global Education and Exchange, Toyo University
His publication, which is entitled A History of Japanese Language Education in Contemporary China: Graduate-Level Instruction and University Textbooks, was awarded the 32nd The MASAYOSHI OHIRA Memorial Prize the Special Prize in 2016.