2018  Awarded the Grand Prize at Sculpture for Clyde 2018,  Willinga Park, WA, Australia

2002  Awarded the Grand Prize at Ikawa 3rd Annual Sakura Sculpture Competition, Kokkaen Park, Japan

2001  Awarded the Grand Prize at Asago 2001 Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition in Tadaragi, Hyogo, Japan

1999  Awarded the Grand Prize at Aomori Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition, Aomori University of Health and 

          Welfare, Japan

1997  29th Teijiro Nakahara Prize, Asahikawa Sculpture Museum, Japan

1997  Awarded the Grand Prize at the 17th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Ube Tokiwa 

          Park, Japan

1994  Awarded the National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea Prize, at the International Symposium of

          Open-Air Sculpture in Pusan`94, Pusan Olympic Park, Korea

1994  The 22th Nagano Open-Air Sculpture Prize, Nagano, Japan

1993  Awarded 15th Teiichi Hijikata Prize at the 15th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Ube

          Tokiwa Park, Japan

1987  Awarded Ube Industries Prize at the 12th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Ube

          Tokiwa Park, Japan

1986  Awarded the National Museum of Modem Art Kyoto Prize at the 10th Kobe Biennale Exhibition of

          Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Japan

1985  Awarded the Superior Prize at the 4th Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition, the Utsukusigahara

          Open-Air Museum, Japan

1984  Awarded the Grand Prize at the 15th International Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art

          Museum and Kyoto Municipal Art Museum, Japan

1981  Awarded the Superior Prize at the 2nd Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition Hakone Open-Air

          Museum, Japan

1981  Awarded the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura Prize at the 15th Contemporary Art Exhibition of

          Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and Kyoto Municipal Art Museum, Japan