After retiring from acting, he became a behind-the-scenes worker and is currently the manager of Yuki Uchida.
In South Korea, he gained explosive popularity despite his short screen time as soon as it was released.
[3] In 2003, he left the Itsumo Futari de after two episodes due to neck-shoulder-arm syndrome during filming, and his role was replaced by Shingo Katsurayama.
In June 2004, he married actress Hiroko Hatano, and held his wedding reception at Happo-en.
[6] In December at same year, he was involved in an assault incident after an argument with a person who had parked on the street and was washing his car.