However, the following year he was again unable to defend his title, losing to Yasumitsu Satō by the same score of 3 games to 2.

He was unable to successfully defend his Kiō title the next year, losing to Akira Watanabe 3 games to 1.

[9] On October 3, 2007, Gōda defeated Yoshinori Satō [ja] to become the 36th shogi professional to win 600 official games,[10] and on October 17, 2015, he defeated Masayuki Toyoshima to become the 18th shogi professional to win 800 official games.

Gōda has received a number of awards and honors throughout his career for his accomplishments both on an off the shogi board.

[15][16] Gōda has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's year-end prize money and game fee rankings [ja] eighteen times since 1993.