International award

• Society Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Proteomics Sciences: Japan Proteome Society/Japan Human Proteome Organization (July 29, 2016)
• Society Award for the Best Young Scientist: Japan Medical Society (Kumamoto) (February 27, 2006)
• Foundation Award for the Best Scientist: Sagawa Promotion Foundation for Advanced Research of Science and Technology (August 8, 1998)
• Kumamoto University President Award for the Best Scientist/Educator in Kumamoto University (13 times, 2007-2022)

Professional Societies Memberships

1. International Human Proteome Organization (HUPO)(Board Member; Council from 2020-present)
2. Japan Human Proteome Organization (JHUPO)/Japan Proteome Society (JPrOS)(Board Member: Council, 2002-2014, 2017-present)
3. Chairperson of the International annual Conference and Symposium of the 13th JHUPO/JPrOS2015)
4. Japan Proteome Standard Repository/Database Center (JPOST) (Chair/core 2014- present)
5. Japanese Society for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry (JSBMS) (Council 2008- present)
6. Japan Society for Clinical Proteogenomics (JSCP) (Board member: Council 2006- present)
7. Japanese Cancer Association (JCA) (Council 2013-present)
8. The Japanese Biochemical Society (JBS)
9. Protein Science Society of Japan (PSSJ)
10. Asia Oceania Human Proteome Organization (AOHUPO)
11. American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
12. The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
13. The American Protein Society

Research Grants

1. Grants in total from competitive research funds: 668,000,000 (~US$ 6,600,000)
2. The grant for large MS devices from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan: 1,200,000,000, (~US$ 12,000,000)

Patents
Patents acquisition/application: 18 (International 4, Japan 14