3rd Generation Japanese / American .Born In San Francisco California , grew up in Orange County （Yorba Linda ) Southern California .

Moved to Tokyo Japan after graduating Esperanza High School in Orange County  to proceed my music career . During this period I worked  as an interpreter / translator  for record companies , movie companies  and tour managers for concert  promotors .

As a bilingual tour manager assistant . I  toured Japan with artists such as  Janet Jackson , U2 , David Bowie , Scorpions , Micheal Schenker , Rolling Stones ( personal interpreter for Mick Jagger on the Bridge to Babylon tour ) , Roxette  , Coverdale Page ( Davis Coverdale from Deep Purple and Jimmy page from Led Zeppelin ) , Kiss ( 2 tours including the re tour in 1996 with all original members ) Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow , Mr Big , Eric Martin , Pantera , White Zombie  Yngwie Malmsteen etc.

Year 2000 . I moved to Hawaii and started  working  as a bilingual production coordinator and worked on countless Japanese TV shows , movies , commercials . And concerts. 

I mainly worked as a bilingual coordinator for the Art department. Working close with the art director from Japan  , communicating  with local carpenters , painters , set decorators , prop masters and greens department , to make sure the set is built to what the designer has in mind . During this process I learned where to get props ,and  how to dress the set.  I have also worked as location manager assistant on several jobs as well 

Production company’s I work for in Hawaii

Magic Island Productions

Production Partners 

HT Project

Ku Associates

U-international

Jungle Moon Productions

Alphamedia 

5 X Faster

CG International

Island Film Group

JTH Productions

Office Footmark LLC

Sike.LLC

Some jobs i worked on  as a bilingual prop coordinator  listed below 

Commercials

Suntory Kinmugi Beer (12 years ) Featuring Dan Rei

House Java curry   Featuring Takuya Kimura 、Takashi Sorimachi , Kenji Sakaguchi Kousuke Kitajima 

Asahi Super Dry Beer  Featuring Masaharu Fukuyama

HIS Travel

ANA FeaturingHaruka Ayase

JCB card  FeaturingArashi Nimomiya

Pazdra Featuring  Japanese boy group Arashi 

Evian Natural Spring Water  Featuring Jun Hasegawa

Hitachi 

Movie 

50th Kiss Featuring Masami Nagasawa  / Yamada Takayuki

Bokuno Ojisan ( My Uncle )  Featuring Ryuhei Matsuda / Yoko Maki 

Tengoku de kimini aetara Featuring Takao Osawa

Naked Director ( Net Flex movie ) Featuring Takayuki Yamada

Love Boat ( German version ) worked  as prop assistant 

TV shows

Tunnels minasama no okage deshita

Ariyoshi Summer Vacation

Sekai Fushigi Hakken

Ohgui Senshuken

Honolulu Marathon

Shiro to Kiiro Featuring Kawaguchi Haruna

Aloha Sommelier Featuring Arisa Mizuki

Deep Planet

Disney Alumni MV shoot ( worked as prop master )

Concerts

BZ Hawaii fan tour 

L'Arc-en-Ciel Hawaii fan tour

Sukima Switch 

Tachi Hiroshi

One Ok Rock ( world tour Hawaii )

Ai 

Hiromi Go

Kimura Kaera

Kishidan

Ayumi Hamasaki　MV Next level , Curtain call Fairy Land

Arashi 

Okuda Tamio
Ohtsuka Ai
etc