| 1978 | born in Toyohashi (Japan) |
| 1997-2009 | studied philosophy, aesthetics und arthistory in Kyoto (Japan) and Jena (Germany) universities |
| 2009 | Ph.D. in Kyoto University |
| 2011-12 | JSPS Research Fellow |
| 2012-16 | Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba |
| 2016- | Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University |