He now lives and works in Los Angeles. At the age of the 3, Yuta saw Godzilla for the first time, and became fascinated with the magic of cinema. Without access to a camera, he began painting his own one-frame monster movies, which later developed into more visual storytelling through filmmaking. After graduating high school in Japan, he moved to the United States to study film production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, earning his BA degree in December 2011. Yuta has written, directed, and photographed dozens of short films, documentaries, music videos, and TV commercials, both in Japan and in the United States.