Awarded the Tochigi Prefectural Cultural Prize

Wins prize at the 7th International Biennale of Ceramics in Vallauris, France

Beyond Words: Calligraphic Traditions of Asia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Japanese Ceramics Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK

'Tea Bowls by Shugo Takauchi Tokyo Art Club Fair, Gallery Hasegawa, Japan

Modern Japanese Ceramic Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Utsuwa : Thoughts on Contemporary Vessels, National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

Contemporary Teapots, Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen, Denmark

Japanese Studio Crafts: Tradition and the Avant-garde, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Asian Hearts and Shapes, Asian Games Hiroshima Arts Festival, Hiroshima, Japan

La Ceramique au Japon, Un Art Majeur (Travelling Exhibition) Mitsukoshi Etoile, Paris, France. Then the exhibition went to 11 cities across Japan.

100 Bowls, Solo Show, Gallery Ueda, Tokyo, Japan

Mizusashi and Hanaire, Solo Show, Gallery Yamamoto, Tokyo Japan

Japanese Ceramics Today, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. USA and Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

International Biennale of Vallauris, France. (Won the of Association Culturelle et Artistique)

Japanese Traditional and Contemporary Paintings and Ceramics, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Art Traveling Exhibition through Australia and New Zealand