Originally from Tokyo, Japan, Yuri moved to the United States as a teen. She studied Cosmetology in Santa Monica and received her license in California. She later studied Cosmetology in Tokyo and received her Japanese license also.

She has been apprenticing under Yuta and mastered the art of hair coloring directly from him. Growing up in both Japan and United States, and spending time in Germany as an international student studying graphic design, makes Yuri a colorist with a very broad perspective and an approach of the fine art to the hair coloring.