Hello.
I am a writer currently based in Echo Park, Los Angeles. 

I was born in Tokyo and grew up in Yokohama, Boston, Los Angeles, and New York. 

I began my career writing film reviews for Filmmaker Magazine, Premiere, and Screen Daily. I have translated screenplays and assisted on film productions by directors including Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Tokyo Sonata), Jim Jarmusch (The Limits of Control), Ethan Hawke (The Hottest State), and Paul Schrader. My nonfiction translation has also been featured in numerous monographs from Rizzoli New York.

In 2019, I served as an on-camera interpreter for the Emmy-nominated Netflix series, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. I wrote a monthly column in Japanese about the experience for Gentosha Plus .

I co-translated a crime novel called Lady Joker which came out in 2021 from Soho Press. It is co-translated with Allison Markin Powell. We are currently working on its second volume.

In my spare time I like to run, clean, and collect old books.

Email: petitecinema@gmail.com