He and five of his friends from hometown won the Fresh Sounds Contest sponsored by Coca-Cola, and in 1985, the same members formed a famous rock band, “ZigZag.” He was the band’s main guitarist, and written many songs that became a hit in the music industry. In 1989, the band broken up, and he joined and played at many concert tours of Machiko Watanabe, Tomoyo Harada, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, and etc. In 1996, he became part of the Henry Band.