About me... Let's see... I was born on September, 20, 1979 in Nagoya, Japan, a city located a few hundred kilo meters west of Tokyo with the approximate population of 2 million. I was raised there till when I was 13 then my family moved to the suburban area of Nagoya where my parents had purchased a house. However after a year we had moved in, my father got a new assignment in Seattle, WA USA. So we moved again, this time across the Pacific Ocean to the United States of America.

I ended up staying in the Seattle area for 8 years total, spending part of my junior high and all of high school and college years. Seattle is a beautiful city with lots trees, coffee shops and a laid-back atmosphere... Really hope to go back there some day. My second hometown if I am allowed to have such a thing.

I came back to Japan in last June shortly after receiving my diploma from the University of Washington. At first, I was working for a Japanese subsidiary of an American Microprocessor company but due to the company restructuring that had been taking place, my department was eliminated. So I went to work for a small web venture, got to experience a small company for a bit. I switched my job again in October and I now work for Yahoo! Japan. Tokyo is definitely an exciting place to be, there's always something new going on although I sometimes do miss the peaceful life that I had back in Seattle.

So that's my brief bio. What else to write... Things I like are: music (piano, singing, etc), computers? (not so sure anymore after I started working... for a computer company), basketball, WWE... On weekends, I usually hang out with my friends. We go clubbing around Tokyo. There's actually a web site dedicated to our clubbing activities so if you're interested, check that out as well. I usually listen to any kind of music but at clubs, I prefer Hip-Hop to other genre of music such as trance.

OK, I think that's enough info about me. If you have any questions for me, please feel free to email me at: tako@starforest.com