Mitsuhiro Uchida (born 1952 in Tokyo) trained in repair & quality control with Kohno guitars in 1979. In 1980 he moved to West Germany to work at BSA repairing stringed instruments. He moved to work for Lowden Guitars in 1987 in Northern Ireland. He left Lowden in 1990 and set up his own workshop in 1991 in Takato, Nagano, Japan. Uchida specialises in custo acoustic guitars including harp guitars.

Source: Melodist-net.com Uchida page (6 May 2021)