[1] As a young boy, he defeated Kōji Tanigawa, who was the reigning Meijin title holder at the time, in a Rook handicap game at a shogi event in Fukuoka in 1983.
Shortly thereafter, he went to stay with relatives in Ōmiya, Saitama in order to be closer to Tokyo and study under shogi professional Motoji Hanamura [ja].
[2][3] In 2002, Fukaura defeated defending champion Kazushiza Horiguchi 3 games to 1 to win the 21st Asahi Open [ja] tournament.
[3] The following year, however, Fukaura was unable to repeat his result, when lost the 22nd Asahi Open and his title to Habu three games to two.
[8] He was, however, unable to defend his title for the third consecutive time when he lost the 51st Ōi match to Akihito Hirose 4 games to 2 in 2010.
[9][10] In January 2009, Fukaura became the 39th player to reach 600 wins in official games when he defeated Daisuke Nakagawa in the 2nd Asahi Cup Open [ja] tournament.
Fukaura was selected to be a non-executive director for a two-year term at the 63rd JSA Annual General Meeting held in June 2012.