[2] Kita’s earliest pieces, the Wink Chair and the Kick Table, are currently in the permanent collections of the New York City Museum of Modern Art and Hamburg, Germany's Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe.
[3] Kita has served as a governmental advisor to Singapore, Thailand, and China for their country's revitalization of its design resources.
In 2015, his invitational exhibition “Il Lusso Della Natura” was held at Chiesa San Domenico Church in Alba, Italy.
Kita has received multiple international awards, including the 1990 "Delta de Oro (Gold Prize)" Award of Spain, and the ADI prize "carrier Internazionale of Compasso d'Oro" of Italy in 2011.
His DVD Made with Heart and Soul, a 20-minute documentary on his 40 years of collaboration with various local Japanese traditional arts and craftsmanship, was awarded the Gold Prize of World Media Festival 2012 (Public Relations/Culture) at Hamburg, Germany, in 2012.