1962
Born in Tokyo
1986
BFA, Japanese Painting Course, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1988
MFA, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1993
Ph.D., Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1998
Visiting Professor, School of the Art and Architecture at UCLA, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2003
"Miss ko2 (picture below)", an 188-cm, cartoon-like figure by Takashi Murakami, was sold for US$567,500 at an auction in Christiefs New York. (May 14th 2003)
2006
"727-727 (picture below)", a remake of "727", was sold for US$1,500,000 at by Los Angeles Gallery "Blum and Poe". (June 15th 2006)