Career：
Born in 1967. He is the son of SAOSHOSAKU（also known as Kazuo Yamano) and is the second generation of the wazao-crafting family. He worked for an IT company after graduating university but changed his career in 1995 and started to learn crafing wazao. He is one of the few persons who crafts Kawaguchi wazao nowadays. To perserve this tradition, he shows eager engagements in wazao crafting classes for elementary school kids and promotions overseas.