(Ehime, 1958) is a poet, essayist and translator. He is the author of the series Agend'Ars, composed of four volumes of poetry, a book that appeared in Spanish at the end of 2015, edited by Cuadrivio Ediciones. Among others, he received the Yomiuri Literary Prize, dedicated to the chronicle and essays and travel stories, for the book Shasen no tabi (Transversal Travels).