In 2013, he won the 37th  "Japan Academy Film Prize" for Newcomer Actor with the movie Tomogui that he played the lead. In 2014, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award of "Takasaki Film Festival w"ith "Soko nomi nite kagayaku". Also, he won Best Emerging Actor Award at TAMA Film Festival and Best Actor Award at "Osaka Cinema Festivaland" so on. He appeared on NHK TVseries "Gochiso-san," which was his first appearance of that series.