Takashi Kudo was born in Tokyo, spent his childhood in Abu Dhabi, and later studied literature and philosophy at Waseda University. After working as Editor-in-Chief for a video game magazine in Stockholm, he returned to Japan to join teamLab.

teamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective based in Tokyo. Their collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world. Through art, the interdisciplinary group of specialists, including artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, and architects, aims to explore the relationship between the self and the world, and new forms of perception.

teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi opened in 2025.