Born and raised under Mt. Fuji, Rikiya grew up surrounded by nature in Japan. When he was in junior high he was inspired by Nishida Toshiyuki. He soon started following his dream to work in Hollywood as a filmmaker. After graduating in Tokyo, he attended California State University, Northridge to pursue a major in Film Production. Rikiya worked on various short films as a Producer and Art Director while attending CSU. Since 2018 he has been working with the production company tenFrames as a Producer. In addition to his work behind the camera, he has acted in various projects including the independent feature films, Netflix Original Series, and also he has been working at a casting company KAIJU INC in Tokyo and worked for International/Japanese MV, Commercial, TV shows and films such as "Naked Director 2", "Tokyo Vice", "Uber Eats Commercial Series" as a casting director. He is a diligent and creative filmmaker from Japan who has been challenging himself in Hollywood to make his dream come true.