Yuji was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1998. He then moved to London and to Kawasaki. For his elementary school, he spent the majority of his time in Irvine and graduated in Yokohama. He went to a junior highschool in Tokyo and moved to Moscow for highschool education. He is now finishing his undergraduate degree in Atlanta and will be moving to New York soon.

Yuji likes to play and watch baseball, cycle around cities, and SCUBA dive. He is certified as an Open Water diver.