He has published four picture books all from his epic Matsu: Where It's At (2019), Eyes on The Sir-prize (2019), After The Big Race (2020) (a story that tells what happened after the classic Aesop fables tale Tortoise and The Hare) and The first of a series Don't Get Mad At The Monster (2021).
Yamaguchi is the founder of IPaintCreatures & The Funkyipuppets (2021) - the first ever audio theater Troupe formed on clubhouse to start to tell his epic story MATSU.
For MatsuVerse PBChe put together IPaintCreatures (his artist moniker) (2016) and the Funkyipuppets puppet troupe in the grand tradition of Jim Henson's Muppets to tell the story of Matsu.
With MatsuVerse PBC, Tazuo is carrying on the grand tradition of such creature storytellers as Shigeru Mizuki, Jim Henson, Charles Shultz, Shel Silverstein, George Lucas, Dr. Seuss, and Miyazaki.
[citation needed] Yamaguchi holds three College Degrees from California State University, Chico CSUC - in Learning and Cognition Psychology, Multi=Media Arts and a Masters in Education emphasis of Fine Arts and Technology (Summa cum laude) In 1991, Yamaguchi was chosen from 8,000 applicants from around the world to work with George Lucas on several educational entertainment-based projects.
He also collaborated with Paul Devlin, a national sport videographer and director of critically acclaimed slam poetry documentary SlamNation.
In (2019) produced SYMPHONY - his first book of his paintings, drawings, Sketches, MATSU Poems and stories - the first MATSU graphic Novel 2019 - into the Pandemic = Yamaguchi continued his longterm work as an Art Educator - working with K-12 schools with poetry, visual art, and Multimedia to aid in the healing of trauma caused by the Paradise Campfire - Yamaguchi also began creating magic on the Clubhouse app as the director of the first social media audio theater troupe called ipaintcreatures and The FunkyiPuppets.
In 2022 he formed Matsuverse PBC - a public benefit company to start compile his lifelong work of short stories, poems and world building and character designs and development for his epic story experience; Matsu which he began to prepare fully to produce MATSU TV series, original music, comedy skits, and funkyipuppet puppetry routines, animated films, puppetry films, Picture Books etc.
Yamaguchi formed MatsuVerse PBC with SK (Scott Kiere) a long time friend and collaborator to license and deliver MATSU to mainstream audiences worldwide.
Spring - Summer - Winter of 2023 Yamaguchi and onelife foundation became a recipient of California arts councils upstate creative core grants to bring awareness how making art together supporting unity helps in improving public health through allowing individual to heal and become more informed about their uniqueness and originality - giving them more self awareness.
In 2024 Yamaguchi released ‘Arrival’ an hour and 20 minute documentary documenting the matsu project funded by the grant received by California arts council.