1985 Graduation from the Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
1985 Clinical Resident, Jichi Medical School.
1993 Graduation from the Post-Graduate Course, Department of Immunology, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University.
1993 Post doctoral fellow, Japanese Society for Promotion of Science.
2008 Japan Science and Technology Agency, PRESTO researcher.
2010 Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
2011 Professor, Department of Immunology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Somatic Cell Reprogramming, Direct reprogramming.