1987: M.D. Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

1992: Ph.D. Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

1992-1994: Post-doctoral Fellow, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA.

1995-1997: Research Associate, Dept. of Pharmacology, Nagoya University, School of medicine, Nagoya, Japan

1997-2000: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Nagoya University, School of medicine, Nagoya, Japan

2001-2006: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.

2006-          Full Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

Nitric Oxide Society, Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, NO Society of Japan, The Physiological Society of Japan, The Japanese Pharmacological Society, Japanese Biochemical Society, Japanese Pharmaceutical Society

Molecular mechanism for oxidant- and NO-dependent regulation of calcium-signaling. Cellular mechanisms of stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage; focus on NO, oxidants, and cytokines.