Yuta

What strikes me about Yuta is the sheer audacity of his path: a kid from Kadoma, Osaka, who crossed into a foreign language and industry to thrive as part of NCT 127. Singing, rapping, dancing, and hosting radio in Korean is not a hobby you stumble into; it demands relentless, invisible study. I tend to be skeptical of idol polish, but I keep coming back to the discipline beneath it. He represents a quietly bold generation of Japanese performers who refuse to let borders define their stage, and I respect that grit far more than any chart position.

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Name (English)

Yuta

Name (Japanese)

中本悠太

Reading

なかもと ゆうた

Born

October 26, 1995 (age 30)

Origin

Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

singer / actor / rapper

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Agency

SM Entertainment

Active years

2016 -

Works summary

Appearances

128 (2014–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 2, 2019: 3, 2020: 3, 2021: 23, 2022: 12, 2023: 16, 2024: 25, 2025: 25, 2026: 10, year unknown: 3

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yuu_taa_1026/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuta%20(Japanese%20singer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9C%AC%E6%82%A0%E5%A4%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22773776

Tags

• Osaka Prefecture
• singer
• actor
• rapper

Last updated

September 28, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.