Tetsuo was born in Japan and studied at the University of Fine Arts in Tokyo and then at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He lives and works in France between Paris and his studio in Fresnay l’Eveque (near Chartres).  Tetsuo made a name for himself with monumental sculptures in direct carving on granite or marble. In the 1990s, he developed the concept of “Earth Weaving”, a sculpture symbolizing the bond between countries in brotherhood with granite rings.

Parallel to the sculpture he makes sketches, drawings and paintings which are often a preparatory work for the realization of his sculptures.

Masterful sculptures such as the Nanterre Memorial, two 4.5 meter high columns or the “Mineral Garden” in Saint Brieuc, an 80 m2 sculpture in pink granite that weighs 47 tonnes. In Japan, on the 38th parallel, a column 4 meters high by 1.20 m wide on a base 5 m square entirely made in France in pink granite, the whole weighs 35 tons and was transported to Japan by boat.