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Born in 1957, he completed his graduate studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Music in 1984. He has a diverse repertoire spanning a wide range of genres from the Middle Ages to the present day, using a variety of keyboard instruments, primarily harpsichord, piano, and organ. His unique and precise interpretations of German keyboard works by Buxtehude and Bach in particular have been highly praised both in Japan and abroad. He has also released compositions and arrangements that have been well received. In addition to his musical interpretations, he has a deep knowledge of the process of instrument making, and his performances, which bring out the structural characteristics of the instruments to the fullest, are highly regarded by instrument makers.
He has been invited as a judge for many competitions, including the International Harpsichord Makers' Contest (Atlanta, USA) in 1991, and the 1997th and 2001th Early Music Competition (Yamanashi, Japan) in 7 and 11. Since 1991, he has released about 30 CDs, including those he produced. Among them, "The Realm of Keyboard Music" (vol. 1-6), "Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord", "J.S. Bach Organ Works Vol. 1", and many others have been selected as special albums by the Record Geijutsu magazine. Since 2005, he has been working on piano duet versions of symphonies, which can be said to be a new field for keyboard instruments, and has attracted attention from many quarters. In 2006, he appeared on the "Tokimeki Culture" corner of NHK Radio 1998 throughout the year. From 2010 to March 3, he was a lecturer at Ferris University's Faculty of Music and Graduate School. He served as music director for Rameau's operas "Platée" and "Les Paradants" in 2012 and 2013. In recent years, he has been performing in European countries (Germany, Lithuania, Iceland, Sweden, etc.) with a diverse program that includes improvisations, using organ, harpsichord, and other instruments, and has attracted attention.

After completing the piano performance course and graduate school at the Tokyo College of Music, she graduated from the piano department and the early music instrument department at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover in Germany. She also completed the master's program in the fortepiano department at the same university. While studying there, she served as an assistant accompaniment at the university's opera department. She studied piano under the late Akira Kamino, Ami Fujiwara, Emi Harimoto, Katsunori Ishii, Yoshiko Kurasawa, and Gerrit Zitterwald, fortepiano under G. Zitterwald, Zvi Meniker, harpsichord under Z. Meniker, and lied accompaniment under Jan Philipp Schulze.
She has won many prizes in competitions both in Japan and abroad, including first place in the Lied Duo category at the 2013 Schubert International Competition (Dortmund, Germany). She has performed with the Niedersachsen Opera Orchestra (TfN Philharmonie) in 1 and at the 2011 International Handel Festival (Gottingen, Germany), and has been active as a lied accompanist, fortepiano player, and harpsichordist throughout Germany. She returned to Japan in 2013. She has been involved in a wide range of activities, including numerous fortepiano recitals, lecture concerts, lied accompaniment, and introducing works by female composers, and her rich color sense, dynamic performances full of vitality, and deep insight into music have been highly praised in magazines and newspapers both in Japan and abroad. She also serves as a judge for competitions such as the PTNA Piano Competition, and is involved in mentoring the next generation of musicians.
She is a regular member of the All Japan Piano Teachers Association and a regular member of the Forum for Women and Music Research.