He received the Yomiuri Play Award (Excellence Actor Award), in 1997; the Excellence Award of Arts Festival by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Hosei University Noh Drama Prize in Memory of Kanze Hisao in 1998; the Osaka Arts Award, the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 1999; the Purple Ribbon Medal in 2002; and the grand prize of the Osaka Culture Festival Award of Osaka City, the Osaka Stage Arts Award of Osaka Prefecture in 2006.
1997年読売演劇大賞優秀男優賞、1998年文化庁芸術祭優秀賞、観世寿夫記念法政大学能楽賞、1999年大阪芸術賞、芸術選奨文部大臣賞、2002年度紫綬褒章、2006年大阪市・大阪文化祭賞グランプリ、大阪府・大阪舞台芸術賞を受賞。