Kiyoshi graduated from Sophia University in Tokyo and started a teaching career at Koka Gakuen Junior & Senior High School run by the FMI in Tokyo. It was at that time I was baptized. At the same time, Kiyoshi began to study about the Marianist Family and MLCs and became one of the founders of the initial sodality with support from FMI sisters and SM priests in the 1980s. The group grew year by year, and there were more than 200 people at the turn of the century. During 2000 to 2015, Kiyoshi left the Tokyo area to teach school and was not able to attend regular meetings. When he returned in2016, he was once again able to participate in MLC activities and took over the position of Education in the Sodality. Kiyoshi has served as the national responsible for Japan since 2018 until stepping into the inaugural role of Regional Responsible for Asia in 2022.
