1984: Graduated from the Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences 1989: Completed doctorate at the Department of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences 1989 to 1995: Researcher, Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. 1993 to 1994 Doctoral researcher, University of Pittsburgh (USA) 1995 to 1996 : Assistant, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science 1996 to 2007: Fulltime Instructor, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science 2007 to present