, born June 16, 1946, in Shizuoka, Japan, is a Japanese arranger, composer and musical producer.
After graduating from the Keio University, he set his goal to be arranger and composer. In 1973, he made debut as an arranger with the song "Hitoribocchi no Heya" by Masa Takagi. He won an award for Best Arrangement on the Japan Record Awards for two consecutive years - 1975 and 1976. Since 1976, he is member of the copyright collection society JASRAC and music association Japan Composers & Arrangers Association. On the same year, he released his first solo work Secret Love. In the span of 45 years of his career, he arranged over 4,000 songs. He is considered as one of the most renovated and representative music arranger in the Japanese music industry.