| 1987 - 1991 | Kyoto University, Dept. of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering (Undergraduate) |
| 1991 - 1993 | Graduate school of Kyoto University, Dept. of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, Master of Engineering (Environmental and Sanitary Engineering) |
| 4 - 7, 1993 | Frontier Researcher Laboratory for Neural Systems, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan |
| 1993 - 1996 | University of Cambridge (Wolfson College), Department of Experimental Psychology. Supervisor: Prof. Brian C. J. Moore Doctor of Philosophy (auditory perception) |
| 1996 - 2001 | Postdoctral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute Mentor: Prof. John C. Middlebrooks |
| 2001 - present |
Researcher, (Current position) |
| 2008 - 2009 | Adjunct Associate Professor, Toyohashi University of Technology, Media Science Research Center |
| Supervisor of undergraduate studens in Japanese language and in the psychology of hearing (1994-1996; Univ. of Cambridege) |
| Mentor of short-term intern students from California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Toyohashi University of Technology, and Osaka University (NTT-CS Labs) |
| Advisor of doctoral students belonging to Univ. of Tokyo, and Chukyo Univ. (NTT-CS Labs) |
| Non-full-time lecturer at Tokyo Woman's Christian University: "Multimedia and Psychology (Hearing)" (2010-2011; NTT-CS Labs) |
| Non-full-time lecturer at Kyoto City University of Arts: "Musicology Special Lecture" (2016; NTT-CS Labs) |
| Association for Research in Otolaryngology |
| Acoustical Society of America |
| Acoustical Society of Japan |
| Japan Neuroscience Society |
| Japan Audiological Society |
| Japanese Psychonomic Society |
| Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence |
| Executive council member, editorial board member, award committee member, reviewing committee member, session chair of annual meeting, etc., of the Acoustical Society of Japan |
| Editorial board member, Trends in Hearing |
| Music; choral singing and conducting |
| Cooking, eating and drinking |
| Cycling |
| Fishing |