Born in Tokyo, 1966. Completed master's program, Yokohama National University, 1990. Joined Kazuyo Sejima & Associates, 1990. Founded SANAA with Kazuyo Sejima, 1995. Founded Office of Ryue Nishizawa, 1997. Assistant professor, Yokohama National University, 2001. Since 2010, professor, Y-GSA. His many works include Multimedia Workshop *, 1996 (AIJ Prize); 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art *, Kanazawa, 2004 (AIJ Prize); Teshima Art Museum, 2010. Golden Lion, International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale, 2004; Pritzker Prize, 2010. [* = collaboration with Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/ SANAA]
