 He won both 500 metre races, thus leading the World Cup overall standings, though his times (35.10 and 35.24) were well behind the track record at the time (34.82, Lee Kang-seok).He also achieved his best placing on the 1000 metres, with 12th in the first race.He represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and he won silver at the men's 500 metres.