He was born in Kanazawa, Japan in 1956, graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1978, and received his doctor's degree in 1994. His research included Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Engineering, Machine Learning, Genetic Algorithm, Reinforcement Learning, Distributed Autonomous Robot System, and Artificial Life. Current interests include artistic, sociological, and humanities applications of these technologies.
Since 2003, he has worked with Swiss-based artist, Daniel Bisig, for new-media art projects http://www.intlab.soka.ac.jp/~unemi/1/DT/.
Their works have been exhibited and demonstrated in international events related to new-media arts, such as ARCO 2007 in Madrid, 10th Japan Media Art Festival in Tokyo, Art Escapes 2007 in Valencia, SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans, ISEA 2010 in Dortmund, WRO 2011 in Wrocław, ISEA 2015 in Vancouver, ALIFE XV in Cancun, ISEA 2019 in Gwangju, Kogane-cho Bazar 2019 in Yokohama, Yokohama Trienale 2020, AI Aesthetics and Arts Exhibition in On'na villa., Okinawa 2017 and in Nakagawa villa. Nagano 2021, and xCoAx 2023 in Weimar. They received five awards, Honorary Mention in Vida 9.0 in 2006, Excellence Award in 10th Japan Media Art Festival in 2006, Audience Prize in WRO 2011, Best Artwork Award in ALIFE XV, and Excellence Award in 21st Japan Media Art Festival in 2017.
They were involved in four projects of contemporary ballet by Jiří Kylián in 2008 and 2009 for the interactive visual stage effects.