Finishing fifth in the 1000m at the 2008 World Cup event in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (news.yahoo.co.jp, 06 Jun 2015)

In March 2014 he was given the Special Honorary Award in Ikeda, Japan. (tokachi.co.jp, 31 Mar 2014)

He received the Kozuki Sports Award from the Kozuki Foundation in Japan in 2009, 2010 and 2014. (kozuki.or.jp, 25 Aug 2014)

He received a Special Award at the TV Asahi Big Sports Awards Ceremony in 2011. (oricon.co.jp, 14 Jan 2011)

He received an Excellence Award at the 2010 Hokkaido Sports Awards and Awards for Encouragement Ceremony in Japan. He was also presented with the Hokkaido Shinbun Press Sports Award the same year. (hokkaido-np.co.jp, 07 Dec 2010; dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp, 2010)

He received a Grand Award at the 2009 ABN Sports Grand Award Ceremony in Japan. (abn-tv.co.jp, 31 May 2014)

Coaches Masaki Hada and Yohei Takamura. (Athlete, 30 Jan 2011)

To win a medal at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (sankei.com, 10 Aug 2017)