- 1969Born in Osaka, Japan
- 1992Bachelor of Art, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
- 1996Master of Architecture, Yale University
- 1996-2000Worked at Jun Aoki and Associates
- 2000Established Office of Kumiko Inui
- 2000-Teaching Associates at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music.
- 2006-Teaching at Showa Women’s University
- 2008-Teaching at Tokyo University
- AWARDS
- 1995Wendy Elizabeth Blanning Prize, Yale University
- 1996William Wirt Winchester Travelling Fellowship, Yale University
- 2003Kochi Landscape Design Award, Louis Vuitton Kochi
- 20041st Prize, Outer Wall Reform Contest, Dior Ginza
- 2006 Architectural Record Design Vanguard 2008The 24th Shinkenchiku Prize, Apartment I
