In 1988, he formed a Noh group "Hibiki" (- 2002) together with Noh-hayashikata players (instrumentalist for Noh plays) of his generation who lived in Osaka, such as Kosuke SHIMIZU (Kotsuzumi-kata [a small hand drum player] of the Okura school), Tatsushi NARITA (a small hand-drum player of the Ko school), Yoshinori MORIYA (a knee-drum player of the Kanze school) and Hiromi NAKATA (Taiko-kata [a stick-drum player] of the Konparu school).
1988年より清水晧祐（小鼓方大倉流）・成田達志（小鼓方幸流）・守家由訓（大鼓方観世流）・中田弘美（太鼓方金春流）ら、大阪の能楽師囃子方の同世代と共に能楽グループ『響』を結成（-2002年）。