On September 20, 2017, while filming the second season of the live action drama adaptation of the manga Yowamushi Pedal, he lost control of his bicycle during filming and hit a curb on the road which sent him flying off his bike, resulted in a severe spinal injury.
[wishing everyone luck on his recovery]: "I will live, with all my might, day by day. The past is the past. From now on I am making my own new path. The straight road that is my own. Toward something that no one yet knows. 'I will start from zero!'"
