-2003
Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), Innovative Technique Award to "Development of a seismic bridge abutment using reinforced cement-mixed backfill"
-2004
Japan Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society (JC-IGS), Outstanding Geotechnical Achievement Award to "Loading tests on full-scale model of bridge abutment using reinforced cement-mixed backfill"
-2008
Japan Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society (JC-IGS) , Continuing Award to "Structural advantages and Problems of Integrated Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Bridge"
-2010
International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), One of the best papers published in Geosynthetics International (IGS official journal) in 2009 , "A new type of integral bridge comprising geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls"
-2011
Japan Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society (JC-IGS), Excellent Research Paper Award to "Construction and field observation of the full sale test Integral GRS Bridge"
-2014
Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) , Tanaka Award for outstanding bridge technology to "Haipezawa Bridge (the Sanriku Railway North Rias Line) "
-2019
Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) , Innovative Technique Award to "Development of GRS Integral Bridge fusing soil reinforcement and bridge technologies"