The most important drummer/composer/improviser in the modern Japanese avant-garde music scene. Started performing at live houses in Tokyo in the early 1980s. He has a powerful, polyrhythmic, and fast-paced playing style that often uses odd time signatures, and he has participated in many groups. Formed in 1985, RUINS has been highly acclaimed overseas for its innovative sound, which combines the explosion of energy of its solid rhythm section with vocals in his original language, and has frequently toured overseas. Since the 1990s, he has started bands based on different concepts one after another, such as Koenji Hyakkei, Korekyojin, Zubizuba, and Akaten, and has composed most of the repertoire. He has been playing with musicians such as John Zorn, Bill Lazwell, Derek Bailey, Keiji Haino, Otomo Yoshihide, etc. also played with the bands like a Samla Mammas Manna, Acid Mothers Gong, John Zorn’s Painkiller as member. In recent years, In recent years, he has focused on improvisation and has collaborated with jazz musicians too. He has released over 100 works on various labels in Japan and abroad, including participation in sessions.