He had a relationship with artists and novelists such as Yojiro ISHIZAKA and Rensaburo SHIBATA, and it is said that Junnosuke YOSHIYUKI, who was the writer of "Suna no ue no Shokubutsugun" (Plants on sand), was his drinking companion.
石坂洋次郎、柴田錬三郎など各界の芸術家、小説家などに交友関係があり、『砂の上の植物群』の原作者でもある吉行淳之介とは呑み友達であったと伝えられる。