Born in 1977 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Nakaya in- ished his Master's of ine art at Kanazawa College of Art in 2003. His first solo exhibition "Ringorome" was held at Kanazawa in 2005, and had his next solo exhibition "Undream in Wonder World" at Tokyo Wonder Site in 2006. Nakaya also took part in group exhibitions such as "Beautiful Artist", "Next Door", "GEISAI". At "GEISAI", he took part in "GEISAI #10", in which he exhibited ten circular-canvas artworks that led him to win the Naruyama Gallery award and the Roppongi hills Art & Design Store award.