After winning his first international competition--the Men's Division of the Japan Osaka Open, in 1996--he aspired to win at least one international competition each year.
1996 年拿下他個人第一個國際賽冠軍──大阪全日本公開賽男子組冠軍後，他許下了每年至少拿下一個國際比賽的宏願。