Profile.

1974: Born in Mino as a son of 7th Kobe Kato.

2000: Completion Kyoto city Art university, ceramic course.

2001: Start his career at Kobe Kiln.

2002: He made his own kiln.

2007: Solo exhibition at Matsuzakaya Nagoya. 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019.

2009: Solo exhibition at Osaka Takashimaya. 2012, 2015, 2019.

2010: Solo exhibition at Shibuya Kuroda Toen. 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019.

2012: Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Takashimaya. 2015, 2018.

2015: Inherited 8th Kobe kiln.

2016: Successive Kobe kiln at Furukawa art museum.
Father and Son, ehixbition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi. 2020.

2017: He made Anagama kiln for Hikidashi Guro.

2018: Exhibition of Natural Black at INAX live museum.
All Shino exhibiton at Gifu art museum.
Exhibition of CASA GIFU Three at Miran Salone, Italy.
Exhibition of Fusion Kogei at Ginza Wako.
He made Nara Sansai Tenmoku for the tea ceremony of Sen Sooku “a master of Mushanokoji senke” at Kofuku temple Chukindo, re-building ceremony.

2019: Solo Exhibition and his teaceremony at Goldmark Gallery in U.K.
Exhibition of successive Kobe kiln at Toshin Mino ceramic museum.
Exhibition “tea- pray and pleasure” at Furukawa museum.

2020: Exhibition of “Space time 9” at Nihonbashi and Osaka Takashimaya.
Solo Exhibition at Tokyo American club
Exhibition at Galleria Oribe.

2021: Exhibition of woode firing kiln at Nihonbashi Takashimaya.