 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waMay 28, 1961, panguva yeRōnin yeyunivhesiti, Sugiyama akatanga chikwata chenyika cheJapan chakarwisa Malaya. Akatamba pa 1964 Summer Olympics muTokyo uye 1968 Summer Olympics muMexico City. Pa1964 Summer Olympics, akatamba mitambo mitatu uye akarova zvibodzwa zviviri vachipesana neArgentina neGhana. Mumitambo yeOlympic ya1968, akatamba mitambo mitanhatu uye akabatsira zvibodzwa zvishanu uye Japan yakahwina menduru yebronze. Muna 2018, chikwata ichi chakasarudzwa kuJapan Football Hall of Fame. Akatambawo pa1962, 1966 uye 1970 Mitambo yeAsia. Pa1972 Summer Olympics kukwanisa muna 1971, Japan kukundikana kukwanisa 1972 Summer Olympics. Uyu mukwikwidzi waiva mutambo wake wokupedzisira weJapan. Akatamba mitambo 56 uye akarova zvibodzwa 15 zveJapan kusvika 1971. 