Kazuya Kitamura received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in electronic engineering from Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, in 1998 and 2000, respectively.
In 2000, he joined NHK, Tokyo, Japan, and from 2000 to 2003, he worked at the Fukuoka Regional Broadcasting Station as a Television Engineer. In 2003, he joined NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories, Tokyo. He has been working in research and development on imaging devices.