Nach Abschluss der Oberschule für Technologie der Präfektur Nagasaki im Jahr 1974 begann er, für das Gemeindeamt des Stadtbezirkes Chiyoda in Tokio (jap. ###>After graduation from the Nagasaki Prefectural High School of Technology in 1974, he worked at the Chiyoda municipal ward office, or "yakusho", in Tokyo, from which he later took his stage name.