- 2023/11 - JADR The 71st Annual Meeting of Japanese Association for Dental Research Joseph Lister Award Test-retest reliability on functional MRI for salty and umami taste.
- 2022 - 2022年Rontgen award 2022
- 2022 - 2022年Rontgen award 2022
- 2020 - Rontgen award 2020.
- 2018/12 - Award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student, The University of Hong Kong, 2016-2017. (as the mentor).
- 2014 - Research Award of the Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology for the Best Paper, entitled: Localization of the primary taste cortex by contrasting passive and attentive conditions. Exp Brain Res. 227:185-97, 2013 (as the mentor).
- 2012 - Academic Award, (Research paper), Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology entitled: “A new method for evaluating perceptible contrast information in digital intraoral radiographic systems”
- 2012 - Outstanding research Award, Alumni-fellow Association, the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Kyushu University, Japan
- 2011 - The Best Paper Award, Japanese Academy of Sports Dentistry entitled: “The effect on brain activity of clenching with bite plate increasing occlusal vertical dimension to mandibular rest position: a functional MRI study“. (as a co-supervisor).
- 2009 - Young Investigator Award (1st prize) of Academy of Advanced Applied Science in Oral Medicine entitled: “The spatial and temporal analysis of the taste perception using functional MRI - brain activations by salty and sweet in humans -”. (as a mentor and
- 2009 - The Excellent Presentation Award of an annual competition, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University entitled: “Brain mapping and time course of basic tastants - fMRI study- ”. (as a mentor and a corresponding author)
- 2009 - The Excellent Presentation Award of an annual competition, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University entitled: “Brain function of the rehabilitation for eating using functional MRI”. (as a supervisor)
- 2008 - The Award (1st prize) of Student Clinician Research Program, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University entitled: Digital educational systems for studying anatomy of soft tissue using 3D-CT (as a supervisor).
- 2007 - The Excellent Presentation Award of an annual competition, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University entitled: “Functional brain mapping in the primary taste cortex in humans by fMRI -the development of the novel taste delivery system -”. (as a mentor and
- 2007 - The Award (2nd prize) of Student Clinician Research Program, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University entitled: Digital educational materials for studying anatomy of bone using 3D-CT (as a supervisor).
- 2006 - Research Award of Japanese Society of Stomatognathic Function for Best Paper, entitled: “Four-dimensional analyzing system of the stomatognathic function -Application to the patients with jaw deformities-” (as a co-supervisor).
- 2004 - Research Award of the Japanese Orthodontic Society for Best Paper, entitled: “Four-dimensional display system of mandibular movement for patients with jaw deformities.” (as a co-supervisor).
- 2002 - 日本歯科放射線学会優秀論文賞(学会賞)
- 2002 - Research Award of the Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology for the Best Paper, entitled: “The combined use of US and MR imaging for the diagnosis of masses in the parotid region” (as the first author).
- 2000 - 日本顎関節学会学術展示奨励賞
- 2000 - Research Award of the Japanese Society for the Temporomandibular Joint for Best Poster Presentation, entitled: “Morphological changes of the lateral pterygoid muscle” (as the first author).