Trivia

Best known as the original voice for Ben Beckman from One Piece.

He also served as guitarist for the band Slapstick, which he formed in 1977 with fellow voice actors Akio Nojima, Toshio Furukawa, Tôru Furuya, Yûji Mitsuya, and Akira Kamiya.

Descendants of the Chôsokabe clan in the Sengoku Period.