 The following year, he was a member of the Japanese men's team which won a bronze in the 2003 World Championships.He also won the bronze medal in the men's all-around in the same competition, establishing himself as one of Japan's top male gymnasts, with his star teammate, Naoya Tsukahara, ranking only 7th in the all-around.Owing to his elegant, clean, and crisp gymnastics style, Tomita received the "Longines Prize for Elegance" on September 7, 2007 in Stuttgart, Germany, along with Shawn Johnson.