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Nakamoto Yuta (Kanji: 中本悠太) better known as Yuta (Hangul: 유타) is a singer, rapper, and dancer. He is best known as a member of the boy group NCT. In 2016, he debuted in the second sub-unit NCT 127 and in 2020 he appeared in NCT U. He is one of two Japanese members in NCT and the most followed Japanese male idol.

Early Life
Yuta was born on October 26, 1995 in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. He graduated from Yashima Gakuen University International High School and he used to be a soccer player from ages 5-16, a talent he decided to give up to pursue his career as an idol.

2011-2015: Predebut
In 2011, after watching TVXQ on TV he decided that he wanted to challenge himself and become an idol, so he would go to a bookstore and apply to multiple auditions, despite having no background in singing or dancing. In 2012 he participated in SM's 1st Global Audition and was one of 3 out of 10.000 to successfully pass. He was introduced as a member of SM Rookies, a pre-debut idol training team, on December 24, 2013. In 2015 he appeared as the Japanese representative in Abnormal Summit ,a show with a panel of non-Korean men, living in South Korea, debating on various topics and Korean culture. He later had to quit the show in order to focus on his debut.

2016-2019: Debut with NCT 127, NCT 2018, Solo activities
In July of 2016, he debuted as a member of NCT 127 with their first EP NCT #127, making him the first debuted Japanese idol in SM Entertainment. On August 11 he was a guest MC on M Countdown along with Doyoung.

In January 2017, NCT 127 returned with the EP Limitless . In June, the group released their third EP, Cherry Bomb. The title track, "Cherry Bomb", was later named as one of the best K-pop songs of the year by Billboard and Idolator.

In March 2018, NCT released their first full album as part of a large-scale project uniting all of its subgroups - NCT 2018 Empathy. His group also made its debut in Japan with NCT 127's EP Chain in May 2018. The album peaked at number two of the Oricon Weekly Albums chart. On May 22 of that year, he appeared again on M Countdown as a Global MC with Doyoung and Jaehyun. Regular-Irregular, the group's first studio album, was also released on October 12, 2018.

In April of 2019, NCT 127 released their first full-length Japanese album, Awaken .

2020-Present: NCT 2020, Radio Show
In March 2020, NCT 127 released their second full album, Neo Zone , which was commercially successful. It debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 and together with the repackage, Neo Zone: The Final Round, sold more than one million copies in South Korea.

In September 2020, NCT's second large scale project uniting all of its subgroups, NCT 2020: Resonance, was announced. On October 12 he made his debut on the subunit NCT U with the second full album, NCT Resonance Pt. 1 track songs, "Dancing In The Rain", "Faded In My Last Song", and "From Home". On November 23 he participated on the project unit NCT 2020 with the second full album repackage, NCT Resonance Pt. 2 track songs "Work It" and "Raise The Roof".

On November 24, 2020 it was announced that Yuta would host the regular radio show " NCT 127 ユウタのYUTA at Home" on InterFM897, with the purpose of promoting NCT 127 and their second Japanese mini album , which was announced on January 4,2021, "LOVEHOLIC" in Japan. However, it got so much attention that his show now has no set end date and is broadcast to 15 stations nationwide.