| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 8 | 50m Pistol | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 558 |
| 18 | 10m Air Pistol | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 579 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 10m Air Pistol | 2010 | Munich, GER | 689.4 |
| 1 | 50m Pistol | 2010 | Munich, GER | 669.7 |
| Asian Games | ||||
| 3 | 50m Pistol | 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | 653.7 |
| Asian Championships | ||||
| 3 | 10m Air Pistol | 2012 | Doha, QAT | 682.7 |
| World Cup Final | ||||
| 2 | 50m Pistol | 2008 | Bangkok, THA | 665.5 |
| 3 | 50m Pistol | 2011 | Wroclaw, POL | 659.1 |
| 3 | 10m Air Pistol | 2010 | Munich, GER | 682.8 |
| 3 | 50m Pistol | 2010 | Munich, GER | 656.8 |
| World Cup | ||||
| 1 | 50m Pistol | 2012 | London, GBR | 664.8 |
| 1 | 10m Air Pistol | 2011 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | 685.7 |
| 1 | 50m Pistol | 2011 | Munich, GER | 665.7 |
| 1 | 50m Pistol | 2011 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | 664.0 |
Hobbies
Playing billiards, black bass fishing. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2010)
Occupation
Police Officer
Family
Wife Hiroko and two sons, Yudai and Kousei
Club name
Kanagawa Prefectural Police, Kanagawa, JPN
Coach
Emil Dushanov (BUL) (ISSF, 31 May 2012)
Handedness
Right (ISSF, 31 May 2012)
Sporting relatives
He played volleyball when he was in high school. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2010)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He took up shooting when he joined the police academy. (jiji.com, 08 Nov 2010)
Reason for taking up this sport
At first he was not particularly good at the sport but his personality spurred him on in training. (jiji.com, 08 Nov 2010)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 2010 World Championships. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2010)
Superstitions / Rituals
He wears the same black boxer briefs as his "competition pants". (asahi.com, 30 July 2008)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"I want to be able to shoot in a way that I can be satisfied. Good results will result from that." (asahi.com, 30 July 2008)
Awards
He was named Shooter of the Year in 2010 after winning the 10m air pistol and 50m pistol events at the World Championships in Munich. (ISSF, 25 Jan 2011)
General
UPSET
He triumphed in the 10m air pistol event at the 2010 World Championships in Munich, despite entering the competition ranked 60th in the world. He had won the 50m pistol event two days beforehand. (ISSF, 03 Aug 2010)
WORK AND SPORT
He combines his shooting career with working in the police force. "I am not a professional athlete. I am still a police officer. It is impossible to become a professional shooter in Japan. I didn't become a police officer because I wanted to become a professional athlete. I became a shooter because I was police officer." (Athlete, 21 Nov 2010)
NATIONAL FIRST
He became the first Japanese athlete to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games when he won two golds at the 2010 World Championships in Munich. (ISSF, 25 Jan 2011)
EARTHQUAKES
He was in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi, when the area was hit by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011. He considered withdrawing from the Sydney World Cup event which was scheduled shortly afterwards as his family and friends were involved in the relief effort that followed the earthquake. Eventually he was encouraged by his boss to compete in Sydney and he won both 50m pistol and 10m air pistol titles. (sankei.jp.msn.com, 03 Mar 2012)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
