He went through general studies in Fukui Prefectural Obama Middle School, Kogyokusha Middle School/High School, then he studied at the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and graduated as the 29th graduate bodies in December 1901,.
福井県立若狭高等学校、攻玉社中学校・高等学校を経て、12月、海軍兵学校(日本)（29期）を卒業。