In 2013, he and his men's doubles partner Noriyasu Hirata, received the Badminton Nippon League's Valuable Player Award.

[1] Men's doubles The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[2] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

[3] Men's doubles The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[4] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.

[5] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.