[2][3] In 2022, Tenjin won the prestigious Inkpot Award, given by Comic-Con International, for his contributions to the world of animation.

[4] Later he established the Tenjin Studio Ltd. where he began working on plastic model box art, video game software and DVD cover art, illustrations, etc., the best known being in the Hasegawa Macross series, the Bandai MG Gundam series, Konami's Gradius V videogame, Space Battleship Yamato Fact File illustrations, etc.

He has declared in many occasions that his realistic art style is influenced by the works of Yoshiyuki Takani, Noriyoshi Ohrai, Shigeru Komatsuzaki, Yuji Kaida and Tsuyoshi Nagano.

[6] Tenjin has also provided Japanese vocal dubbing for notable American productions such as Any Given Sunday, Erin Brockovich, Gladiator, and Malcom in the Middle.

[6] A life-long Star Wars fan,[7] Tenjin also provided the Japanese voice for Ryder Azadi in the Star Wars: Rebels animated series, and later reprised his role when the character made a cameo appearance in the live-action Ahsoka series.