Career In 1998, Umeda finished 2nd to fellow Japanese Akio Shimada in the three-cushion event of the Asian Games.
Achievements He later won it against Duong Anh Vu of Vietnam in 2006. A year afterward, he dominated the University of Massachusetts Boston World Three-cushion Championship by defeating Daniel Sánchez, the two-time world champion from Spain. With the victory, he became the second Asian to win it in 34 years since Nobuaki Kobayashi.