Osaka Triennale, Düsseldorf City Special Award
Osaka-Goethe-Düsseldorf Fellowship in Düsseldorf (Germany)
»Counter Photography« – internationally touring exhibition organized by The Japan Foundation
Live-Art Scholarship, Grand Prize
Appointment as Special Adviser for Cultural Exchange by the Government of Japan in Vienna
The Japanese-Austrian Committee for the 21 Century of 2007, MOFA
Artist in Residence at Clemson University, South Carolina, U.S.A.