He named John Bonham as his biggest drumming inspiration and cited Cozy Powell as the reason he started to play double bass drums. He also likes Peter Criss, Shuichi Murakami, Jun Aoyama from T-Square, and Minato Masafumi from Dead End. He picked George Winston, Keith Jarrett, Vladimir Horowitz, and Mishiba Satoshi from Kinniku Shōjo Tai as his favorite pianists. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett inspired him to learn jazz theory and improvisation. He also studied jazz piano under Dick Marx and Shelly Berg.