In 2003, he won the biggest Kansai Ki-in tournament, the Kansai Ki-in Championship. In 2004, he was runner-up for the Shinjin-O title, losing to Mizokami Tomochika two games to one (losing both by half point).
He reached the pinnacle of success in 2003 with his win at the Kansai Ki-in Championship, a top-tier tournament. The following year, he narrowly missed out on claiming the Shinjin-O title, losing to Mizokami Tomochika in a tightly contested series.