Began designing in Japan and Milano from 1969. Since then, Kita has designed many best-seller products from European and Japanese manufacturers world-wide. Many of his works are selected for permanent collections in world famous museums such as The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), etc. He is also very active in revitalizing and promoting local Japanese traditional crafts and industries as well.
He is the Director of the international trade fair for home and lifestyle renovation “LIVING & DESIGN” and proponent of Japanese lifestyle renovation, the “RENOVETTA” project. Professor, The Osaka University of Arts.

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• 1975: the Japan Interior Designers Association Award.
• 1983: the Product Design Award from the Institute of Business Designers and Contract Magazine, United States.
• 1990: the Delta de Oro Award, Spain.
• 2011: Carriera internazionale of Compasso d’Oro