Thanks to his performance in the above-mentioned movies, he was selected by the director Yasuki CHIBA as an actor for the role of stock trader Gyuchan, the hero of serialized novel "Oban (novel)" written by Bunroku SHISHI.
これがきっかけで、監督の千葉泰樹に獅子文六の連載小説『大番(小説)』の主人公・株屋のギューちゃん役に抜擢された。