Naoyuki Ikeda was born in Nagoya, Japan, to Masaru Ikeda and Miko Ikeda. After graduating Tsuru University, he went to Florida to work at the Japan Pavilion in the EPCOT Center. Then Naoyuki went back to Japan and taught as a junior high and high school English teacher for about 12 years. After that, he moved to Los Angeles in 2009 to pursue his life-long dream to be a Hollywood film actor. Naoyuki Ikeda is now an actor, and a producer, known for String, Another Yesterday, and Ark Exitus.