Career
Known as the bassist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. He is the younger brother of Toll Yagami, Buck-Tick"s drummer. In 1985, when U-ta and Hidehiko Hoshino graduated high school they moved to Tokyo together, where U-ta started business school.
Throughout Buck-Tick"s long career, his only writing cr has been lyrics for "Under the Moon Light" (b-side of the "Aku no Hana" single).
U-ta has also performed on Fake?"s Marilyn is a Bubble, Shammon"s Lorelei, and on Tribute to The Star Club featuring Hikage. Wild Wise Apes
Wild Wise Apes is a side project that U-ta began in 2004.
lieutenant consists of himself as bassist and Atsushi Okuno as vocalist. They released their first album, 3rd World, on July 14, 2004.