English Profile with Awards Born in 2009. He studied under Megumi Takahashi at the Richemore Music Academy and is currently studying with Tatsuya Nagashima.
A few days after birth, he underwent radical surgery for a congenital heart disease (anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the aorta).
He also received a tracheostomy as a newborn and grew up as a child requiring medical care, supported through close collaboration between home and hospital.
At around the age of four, after successful decannulation, he continued rehabilitation and worked on developing speech and language, while being diagnosed with intellectual disability and autism.
He began with eurhythmics at the age of five, then transitioned to piano lessons, starting private lessons in the third grade of elementary school.
From the sixth grade, he began actively participating in various piano competitions, achieving remarkable results both in Japan and abroad.
Selected Awards
• 2025: Basel International Piano Competition (Switzerland, online), Category C (14–17), 6th Prize
• 2023: Para International Music Competition, Grand Prix (Gold Prize)
• 2023: Glory International Piano Competition in New York, Category 4, 1st Prize
• 2021–2024: European International Piano Competition
• Katsuhiro Naito Prize (featured in Monthly Chopin, June 2022 issue)
• Junior High School Division Jury’s Special Gold Prize
• Akiko Sugisawa Prize Looking ahead, he hopes to broaden his musical journey through concert activities and charity events, while deepening the study of classical music together with his family.