Profile

Qualification

  • Lawyer (Japan)
  • Solicitor (England and Wales)

Professional Career

2009-2019, 2021-: Law Office Sirius

  • Criminal cases
    • remarkable professional experiences as a defence lawyer in all kinds of crimes
    • considerable expertise in jury (saiban’in) trials, including high-profile cases such as murder and international drug trafficking
    • highly evaluated skills in advocacy
  • Civil cases
    • specialising in personal injury cases
    • plenty of practical experiences both in litigation procedures and alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
  • Family law
    • handling lots of divorce cases, including international cases
    • plenty of experiences in probate cases
    • thoroughly familiar with the Japanese family court procedures
  • Business law
    • dealing with many conflicts between companies
    • advising on daily running of small businesses

Education

2021: LLM (Masters of Law) / City, University of London

  • The City Law School Prize for Excellence in “International Criminal Law: Crimes and Institution”
  • The City Law School Prize for Excellence in “Advocacy: Trial Stories”
  • The City Law School Prize for Excellence in “Forensic Psychology”

2020: GDL (Graduate Diploma of Law) / City, University of London

2007: Professional Degree Program (School of Law) / The University of Tokyo

2004: Degree of Bachelor of Arts / The Tokyo University of Foreign Studies