Born in Los Angeles, USA, he lived in New York until he was 6 years old. The house was just a few doors down from The Dakota House, where John Lennon would later be shot. He is the second son of three brothers. His father is a blind and charismatic koto musician who went to the United States after World War II and was very active[1], and his brother is VictorHiroyuki Eto, who trained many musicians as a publicist, and his younger brother is Leonard Eto, a Japanese drummer.