 Along with Nobuaki Kobayashi he won the UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams three times, in 1981, 1985 and 1992.In 1993, he set a world record by achieving a high run of 28, breaking the previous record of 25 set by Willie Hoppe.This was eventually surpassed by Semih Sayginer and Hugo Patiño who both achieved 31.