Wataru Furuta is a photographer and graphic designer based in Tokyo, Japan.
He graduated from Canadian International College and later earned a degree from Waseda Business School, Graduate School of Business and Finance. After working in the IT industry, he joined a film production company and began his career as a producer. He has produced and directed numerous short films, which have been acclaimed at film festivals worldwide. Furuta began working as a photographer and graphic designer around 2015. That same year, he exhibited his photo series The Boy and the Sea at GALLERY SPEAK FOR in Tokyo. The series explores the relationship between a family facing illness and the sea. In 2016, he exhibited his GREEN GATE series, also at GALLERY SPEAK FOR, which centres on the theme of a doorway to another world hidden within the forest. Since GREEN GATE, Furuta has been using photography to explore the relationship between invisible "doors" and spaces defined by "gaps." With strong ties to the entertainment industry, he has curated photo exhibitions in collaboration with stage productions at GALLERY X BY PARCO in Shibuya and Laforet Harajuku, attracting a total of over 6,000 visitors. Through these projects, he continues to explore the fusion of Tokyos pop culture and art scene. In May 2025, Furuta will present new work with Spains Monat Gallery at the Paris Art Fair. This project is a photographic exploration of liminal spaces and the in-between, themes he has been investigating since GREEN GATE.