In 2015, I won the grand prize at the Olympus Open Photo Contest in Japan, and then started submitting my work to National Geographic's photo sharing site "YOUR-SHOT" and other international contests. In 2020, I won second place in the Professional Division, Nature/Wildlife category at the Sony World Photography Awards, the world's largest photo contest, and began my career as a professional photographer. In other words, my photography career began with photo contests. I continue to enter international photo contests with the aim of measuring the level of my photography on a global scale and having it showcased in various media and photo exhibitions.
私は2015年に日本国内のオリンパス・オープンフォトコンテストでグランプリを頂き、それからナショナルジオグラフィックの写真共有サイト「YOUR-SHOT」等への投稿や国際コンテストへの応募を始めました。2020年に世界最大のフォトコンテストSony World Photography Awards でプロフェッショナル部門、自然・野生動物カテゴリー第 2 位を受賞してプロ写真家として活動を始めました。つまり私の写真家活動はフォトコンテストに始まっています。国際的なフォトコンテストは自分の写真のレベルを世界の尺度で測るという事と、各種メディアや写真展などで披露される事を目的として継続的に応募しています。
[Awards History]
2015 Olympus Open Photo Contest Grand Prix
2015 Fujifilm Photo Contest Nature Photo Category, Excellence Award
2015 Nikkor Photo Contest, Special Mention (4th place in category)
2017 Nikkor Photo Contest, Special Mention (4th place in category)
2017 National Geographic Photo Of The Day, AUGUST 30, 2017 & Best of August 2017
2019 National Geographic Photo Of The Day,APRIL 5, 2019
2020 Sony World Photography Awards 2020 Professional “Natural World and Wildlife” 2nd
2020 5th 35AWARDS "Motion” 3rd
2020 IPA(International Photo Awards)Professional Nature-Astrophotography 2nd
2020 6TH Fine Art Photography Awards (London) NOMINEE x 3
2020 18TH ANNUAL SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE PHOTO CONTEST Photo of the Day: 12.04.20
2021 18TH ANNUAL SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE PHOTO CONTEST Photo of the Day: 01.29.21
2021 TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) Silver x 1, Bronze x 2
2021 BNW Minimalist Photography Prize 2020-2021 BEST 50 Photographers
2021 Trieste Photo Days 2022 festival open call selected 8 photos
2022 Nature Conservancy‘s 2022 Global Photo Contest Wildlife Honorable Mention
2023 LensCulture Critics‘ Choice 2023 winner (Selected by Christie’s Darius Himes)