He enjoys listening to music and playing soccer ... He skated to Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" for his short program and "Carmen" for his free skate in 2007-08 ... he was formerly coached by Hiroshi Okasaki.
2011 - Japanese Championships - 10th
2010 - Skate Canada - 9th
2010 - Four Continents Championships - 12th
2010 - Japanese Championships - 5th
2009 - Skate America - 9th
2009 - Winter Universiade - 26th
2009 - Four Continents Championships - 12th
2009 - Japanese Championships - 4th
2008 - NHK Trophy - 8th
2008 - Golden Spin of Zagreb - 1st
2008 - HomeSense Skate Canada - 8th
2008 - World Championships - 19th
2008 - Japanese Championships - 3rd
2007 - NHK Trophy - 10th
2007 - Skate America - 10th
2007 - Four Continents Championships - 12th
2007 - Japanese Championships - 3rd
2006 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 9th
2006 - Skate America - 11th
2006 - Four Continents Championships - 7th
2006 - Japanese Championships - 7th
2005 - Cup of Russia - 8th
2005 - World Junior Championships - 6th
2005 - Japanese Junior Championships - 3rd
2004 - JGP Final - 2nd
2004 - JGP Ukraine - 1st
2004 - JGP Hungary - 2nd
2004 - Mladost Trophy - 1st
2004 - Japanese Junior Championships - 4th
2003 - JGP Poland - 3rd
2003 - Japanese Junior Championships - 9th