He studied architecture and received his Ph.D. degree in engineering from the University of Tokyo.​ ​He has been designing origami since 2002 and keeps exploring spatial and kinematic origami through computation. The proposal of cellular origami had been awarded Tsuboi Award in 2013. He developed​ ​origami software tools including “rigid origami simulator,” “origamizer,” and “freeform origami,” which are available from his​ ​website. His research interests include origami, structural morphology, and computational design and fabrication.