Joji was born in Tokyo, Japan and studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London. In 2000 he was nominated for a Beck's Futures Student Video Prize. He has since directed an award-winning short film Watermelon Love (2004), widely screened at international festivals.

Joji is also known by the alias Woof Wan-Bau when directing music videos, including FourTet My Angel Rocks Back & Forth, winner of Public Choice Best Music Video at the 2004 British Animation Awards. (www.animateprojectsarchive.org)