Takahito Mizutani was born in Tokyo in 1968. Upon graduating from Tokyo College of Photography in 1990, he relocated to France. After spending three years shooting events mainly in Europe including the Winter Olympics, motorsports, winter sports, soccer and rugby, he returned and has since pursued the photography of sporting events from his base in Japan. In 2001, his individual exhibition NEVER END was held at the Canon Salon, where he also published a collection of photographs under the same name. In 2005, the group exhibition titled Mizutani Family Graffiti – MY SPORTS was held at Shinagawa Canon Gallery S. In 2014, the exhibition of press photographs titled Aiko Uemura – the 16-year Miracle was held at Nikke Colton Plaza. A collection of photographs was also published under the same name. Mizutani has also taken part in many other group exhibitions. He is the representative director of My Sports Publishing Co., Ltd., a member of the Japan Association of Sports Press (AJPS), and a member of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS).