[4] While studying at Waseda University’s Faculty of Political Economy in 1995, he served as the executive chairman of the YOSAKOI Soran Festival established by Gaku Hasegawa.

[6] In 2016, he became the principal of Sapporo Shinyō High School, which was established by his paternal grandfather, until he entrusted the position to his successor, Nobuko Akashi in March 2021.

[7] At that time, Kazuhiro Fujiwara recommended Yutaka as the youngest high school president in Japan.

At the Standing Committee of the Constitutional Democratic Party held on July 13, 2021, he was appointed as the head of Hokkaido 3rd district branch of the CDP to replace his retiring father Satoshi.

[11][12] On 30 November 2021, Yutaka supported Kenta Izumi in the CDP leadership election following Yukio Edano’s resignation.