- Around 18, he joined the Bungakuza acting school. He spent the 1980s performing in several theater troupes while working odd jobs.
- Passed away on April 12, 2020; just 14 days shy of a year after the theatrical release of Avengers: Endgame (2019). He was the Japanese dub actor of Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man in the film.
- In 2010, he made his sound directorial debut in Kakkokawaii Sengen .
- He's been a regular lecturer at the Japan Newart College since 2008.
- In August 2016, Air Agency announced that he was going on hiatus to treat an as of yet unspecified illness. He officially resumed work in June 2017.
- In the early 90s. he was introduced to his first voice acting agency, Ken Production. The first TV anime in which he appeared as a regular was Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi, but his breakout role was Hiroshi Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan.
- He founded his own talent management and production company, Air Agency, in November 2006, after leaving Ken Production.
- Even though he was born in Tokyo, he actually spent the majority of his childhood in Iwate Prefecture.
- In high school, he handled vocals in a band he formed with his friend Kotaro Furuichi, future guitarist of rock band The Collectors.
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