Yuta Nakatsuka (中務裕太 Nakatsuka Yuta, born 7 January 1993) is a Japanese Dancer and

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, He is one of the

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of the Japanese all-male dance and music group

Generations from Exile Tribe Generations from Exile Tribe (Japanese: ジェネレーションズ・フロム・エグザイル・トライブ, stylized as GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE and formerly known as Generations) is a seven-member Japanese dance and vocal group formed ...

. Nakatsuka is represented with LDH.

Early life

Yuta Nakatsuka was born on January 7, 1993, in Osaka, Japan. Yuta got interested in dancing due to his mother's love for American music, especially

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. With his mother's influence he grew up listening to artists such as Stevie Wonder,

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and Eric Clapton, but no Japanese music at all. She even took him to live shows of

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and other artists. At the age of 6, Yuta decided to become a dancer and started attending the dance school "Dance Studio BOOM" in Ibaraki,

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, which was recommended by his parents. There, he met his first dance teachers, the choreographer duo Hilty & Bosch. They taught an acrobatics class and also inspired Yuta to start Locking. Despite being the youngest in their class, Yuta stood out as one of the best students. At the same dance school, Yuta also took classes of other instructors such as Boo (the owner of the dance school), Cherry from Wild Cherry, Rei (the father of You from Hilty & Bosch), Yuki (boss of Osaka dancer) and Skeeter Rabbit (member of

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) because he was interested to try out all kinds of dance styles. When he was 16, Yuta started attending EXPG Osaka, LDH's talent school, after he was scouted by the company during a dance event from Dance Studio BOOM. He was chosen to become an instructor there in the same year due to the high level of his skills. His most notable former student at EXPG Osaka is

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. When Yuta was 18 years old, he moved to

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. At that time, he had troubles deciding what his future as a dancer should look like. While he was part of the

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crew ''Yuki Dojo'' from his former dancing instructor Yuki at Dance Studio BOOM, they won 2nd place at the ''JAPAN DANCE DELIGHT vol.18'' dance tournament. This experience had a major impact on Yuta's life since he was selected as a support member for Generations in 2011. Yuki then sent him off with the best wishes to find his path for the future and the promise that he can return to Yuki's crew any time, which motivated Yuta to do his best in his career as an artist.

Career

In 2012, and just before the group's major debut, he became an official member after

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's withdrawal. In March 2014, he participated in ''Exile Performer Battle Audition'' and made it to the finals but wasn't selected to join EXILE. In October 2019, he made his acting debut in the movie "High & Low The Worst".

Works

Choreography

Filmography

Movies

TV Dramas

TV Shows

Live

Awards

Dance Competitions

References

External links

Official Website
(in English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakatsuka, Yuta 1993 births Living people Japanese male dancers Japanese dancers People from Osaka Prefecture Musicians from Osaka Prefecture LDH (company) artists