He tried out at the 7th Open Audition in Osaka, Japan that SM held to seek talented young people. Though he was attending high school at that time, he left high school and moved to Seoul, South Korea. On December 23, 2013, he, along with Johnny and Ten, was introduced as an SM Entertainment trainee under the pre-debut team SMROOKIES.
As an SM Entertainment trainee, he appeared on the talk show Non-Summit (Also known as Abnormal Summit) regularly. He was a Japanese representative and was encouraged to state his views on Korean culture as a foreigner. Although he was difficult to replace on the show, he left the show in December 2015 to concentrate on training for his debut.
In March 2016, Yuta was chosen to be a fashion model for British Casual clothing brand “Design United” with two other trainees. During the same time, S. M.
Entertainment announced the creation of NCT, a boy group that would have unlimited members and sub-units that would be active all over the world. Yuta was one of the SMROOKIES who was expected to become a member of NCT. On July 1, 2016, it was revealed that Yuta would be a member of the group’s second sub-unit, NCT 127 .
The unit held their debut stage on M Countdown on July 7 and released their debut mini-album NCT #127 on July 10. On October 12, he made his official debut under the sub-unit NCT U, as a part of the NCT's 2020 project NCT Resonance Pt. 1, with the song "From Home".
On November 24, 2020, it was announced that he would host a two-month weekly radio program, NCT 127 ユウタの YUTA at Home, to promote NCT 127's second Japanese EP, Loveholic. On March 19, 2021, the broadcast was announced to extend into a regular program. Yuta made his acting debut through the 2022 Japanese film [https://en.
wikipedia. org/wiki/High%26Low High&Low: The Worst X] as Sazuki Ryo. In March 2023, it was announced that Yuta would be acting in the live-action adaptation of the web manga [https://en.
wikipedia. org/wiki/Play_It_Cool,_Guys Play It Cool, Guys. ] The show first aired on April 14, with Yuta playing the role of Ichikura Hayate.
On August 5, SM Entertainment announced that Yuta will make his debut in Japan in the second half of 2024 before going on a Japanese showcase tour. On September 6, SM Entertainment announced that Yuta will debut in Japan with the mini album Depth in the fourth quarter of 2024. The album will be released digitally along with the music video for its title track, "Off the Mask" on October 3, while the physical version will be released on November 13.
On February 21, SM Entertainment announced that Yuta will be releasing the first single "Twisted Paradise" on May 14. On August 30, it was announced that Yuta would release his first Japanese full-length album, Persona, on October 26. On March 2, 2026, it was announced that Yuta's new song "Play Back" would be an opening theme for the tokusatsu series '.
"Play Back TV Size" was released on March 8. Couple hours later, the pre-order for Yuta's second Japanese single "Play Back" was opened, set for release on May 13.
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