From the NBTHK and the Zen Nihon Tōshōkai

Prizes

Accepted since 2000 and awarded since 2004; from 2018 to 2023 the NBTHK lists confirm it, with the second prize of excellence of 2023 as the highest.

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Year by year

YearCompetitionPrizeWorkLevel
2000–2003NBTHK Shinsakutō Tenrankai (新作刀展覧会, Shinsakutō Tenrankai)入選 (nyūsen), accepted, four years in a row—AT
2004Shinsakutō Tenrankai, wakizashi and tantō努力賞 (doryokushō), effort prizeTantōAT
2009Omamori-gatana-ten (Zen Nihon Tōshōkai)佳作 (kasaku), honourable mention—AT
2015Omamori-gatana-tenPrize of the Bizen Osafune Japanese Sword Museum—AT
2016Omamori-gatana-tenPrize of NBS Nagano Hōsō—AT
2018Gendai Tōshokuten (NBTHK), tachi and katana入選 (nyūsen), accepted—HD
2019Gendai Tōshokuten, tantō努力賞一席 (doryokushō isseki), first effort prizeTantō of 26.9 cmHD
2021Gendai Tōshokuten, tachi and katana入選一席 (nyūsen isseki), the first of those accepted. The NBTHK list that gives it carries no year; we infer the year: it matches the 2021 list of prize-winners and what he says.—II
2022Gendai Tōshokuten, tachi and katana努力賞一席 (doryokushō isseki), first effort prizeKatana of 76.0 cmHD
2023Gendai Tōshokuten, tachi and katana優秀賞二席 (yūshūshō niseki), second prize of excellenceKatana of 75.8 cmHD
2024–2026Gendai TōshokutenNot among the prize-winners in the catalogues—HD