Due to a congenital disability, he has been only able to use his arms and has been confined to a wheelchair since he was a child. The outstanding muscle strength and balance he consequently honed are ideal gifts for a sprinter.

He started athletic competition around high school age, however, his growth at this time was slow. A turning point came at the age of 23 when he visited Hitoshi Matsunaga and subsequently decided to relocate from Wakayama to Okayama. That is when his talent suddenly blossomed. At the following year’s Japan Para Athletics Championships, he prevailed over the best athletes in the country and suddenly established himself as a top sprinter. He was selected to the Japan team for the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, where he became the only Japanese athlete to reach the 100m final.
At the Kanto Para Athletics Championships held in July 2018, he broke the Japanese record for the 200m, and subsequently broke it again at the Canberra International Track Meet in January 2019. He is now aiming to reach his first Paralympics.