Studied music since 1997, 10 years of classical guitar, then lute (baroque, renaissance, theorbo), majored in solistical lute at Sibeliusacademy (Helsinki University of the Arts) while simultaneously majoring in Japanese language and culture at University of Helsinki. While working as a Japanese interpreter, studied transverse flute making and playing with Keigo Takesa in Japan, then started studying shakuhachi under Toshio Mikami (Seizui) and fixing and making shakuhachi (mostly self-learned from Japanese materials, and visiting various Japanese makers to learn from them) Started studying under Yasunori Tani in 2020 and received Ueda-ryū teacher’s license in 2024.