Eito is a potter based in Bizen who relishes throwing functional vessels on the wheel. He believes handmade crafts improve the quality of our lives, especially in this postindustrial age, by introducing people to an alternative in the world obsessed with perfection.

Growing up, Eito grew fond of Western culture and spent 6 years of his youth in the US and the UK. Through recursive cultural exchanges, he realized the beauty of his own culture and decided to become a craftsman himself in order to share it. He discovered a love for clay in LA and moved back to Japan to study Bizen ware. He combines the free form he shapes on the wheel with traditional hues to create his own original vessels.

1997 - Born in Yokohama, Japan

2020 - Chapman University

2021 - Started pottery in LA

2023 - Bizen Pottery Center

2024 - Fired his noborigama for the first time