Shinoyama graduated from Nihon University. He freelanced after graduation. Shinoyama has put out a large number of books of photographs of girls, dressed, nude. On November 2009 Shinoyama's home and office were searched by police on suspicion of public indecency. The searches stemmed from concerns regarding nude photos he allegedly took for his book 20XX TOKYO. On May 2010 the court found Shinoyama guilty for public indecency and defiling place of worship for photographing at Aoyama Cemetery. He was fined 300,000 Yen. Their son is actor Akinobu Shinoyama. This list is incomplete. Kishin no teitaku: Sā Jon Sōn Bijutsukan / Sir John Soane's Museum. Tokyo: Rokuyōsha, 1989. ISBN 978-4-89737-011-8. Text by Arata Isozaki. A detailed study of Sir John Soane's Museum.