He is ranked 9th Dan, and is a former Japan Karate Association (JKA) World Champion in kumite (sparring) and kata (patterns).

[1] As a student of economics at Takushoku University, he was a member of its karate team[2] and due to his success as a competitor he consequently applied as instructor for the JKA.

He passed all the tests, and in 1964 the JKA made him instructor for the honbu dojo (headquarters training hall) in Tokyo.

He has been invited to participate in other karate organizations international events, such as the ISKF Master Camp, placed in Philadelphia, US every year.

In 2011 he gave his belt -which was almost white- to a boy blackbelt from Venezuela, when he asked Master Ochi for a picture for his birthday.