Nakazato was the youngest Japanese to graduate from the Fashion Department Master’s Course of the world-renowned fashion school, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Awarded the Innovation Award by Ann Demeulemeester of the Antwerp Six for his Master’s Course graduation collection. Participated and won awards at Diesel sponsored, International Talent Support (ITS) Fashion Competition held in Italy, one of the two largest fashion contests in the world, in both 2008 and 2009. Shoe designs created during his study at the Royal Academy were put into the Antwerp Mode Museum (MoMu) for permanent preservation.