First person to win simultaneously win both the Student Music Concours of Japan and the Music Competition of Japan when he was a second-year high school student. Won the Newcomer Award at the Aoyama Music Awards and the Frédéric Chopin Society of Japan Award. Graduated top of his class in the Soloist Diploma Course under the Music Department at Toho Gakuen College. Enrolled in the Soloist Department at the University of Music Saar.