He studied at Hokkaido Prefectural Tomakomai Junior High School (present-day Hokkaido Prefectural HokkaidoTomakomai Higashi High School), took a preliminary course of Keio University, and graduated from the faculty of law at Keio University in 1952.
北海道庁立苫小牧中等学校（現在は道立北海道苫小牧東高等学校）から慶應義塾大学予科を経て1952年、同大学法学部を卒業。