He was born on January 20th, 1918, his address was 山形県南置賜郡南原村大字南原石垣町 Minamihara-ishigaki-machi, Minamihara-mura, Minami-okitama-gun, Yamagata prefecture (the present 山形県米沢市南原石垣町 Minamihara-ishigaki-machi, Yonezawa-shi, Yamagata prefecture).
He entered Yamagata Army Hospital because of bronchitis on April 24th 1944, left the hospital on June 10th, and was discharged from the army on June 12th, so he had no actual military experience.