2011: Won on the Japan Golf Tour for the fourth consecutive season when he came back from a runner-up finish at the 2010 Diamond Cup Golf to win the event a year later by four strokes over Kaname Yokoo and Toshinori Muto. The victory helped him to a fifth-place finish on that Tour's order of merit.

Picked up a pair of T10s—at the Tsuruya Open and the PGA Championships Nissin.

Was a runner-up to Toru Taniguchi at the Bridgestone Open, joining a trio of other players five strokes behind Taniguchi.

Shot rounds of 66-67 on the weekend at the Mynavi ABC Championship to finish one stroke out of the playoff between Koichiro Kawano and Bae Sang-Moon.

On the PGA TOUR, missed the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii. 2010: Won the Token Homemate Cup in defense of his title in a playoff over Satoru Hirota and Daisuke Maruyama. Also picked up a second-place finish at the Diamond Cup Golf, and two other top-10 performances—a fifth-place showing at the Bridgestone Open and a T7 at te Golf Nippon Series JT Cup.

Made the fields at both the British Open and the PGA Championship, missing the cut in both. 2009: First of two victories came at the Token Homemate Cup, winning in a playoff over Korean Jong-Duck Kim. Also won the Casio World Open for a second consecutive season. Tied for the 54-hole lead with Shigeki Maruyama and Ryo Ishikawa, shot a final-round 65, his second 65 of the tournament, to win by three strokes over Ishikawa. Had five other top 10s to go with his two wins, his top showing a third-place performance at the Fujisankei Classic. Ended fourth on the final Japan Golf Tour order of merit.