The tenacious character I’ve possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice.

Find your own dream! Keep this dream and take good care of it and then sometime you will accomplish something [and feel the intense satisfaction that only the achievement of a long held, worthwhile goal can give].

Together with just about every other student in the school, I devoted a great deal of effort to studying for the university entrance examination.

My mother also stressed the importance of working quietly towards achieving my missions in life, without neglecting attention to details.

My specific task was to search for a matrix that would enable non-destructive ionization of macromolecules by efficiently absorbing the laser energy.

I was born in Japan on August 3, 1959.

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies.

My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.

In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology.

I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades.