1937 Born as the fifth son of Tarouemon Nakazato (Muan) XII
1959 Studied at the Kyoto Municipal Craft Institute
1960 Studied under Eiichi Matsukaze at Kiyomizu-zaka, Kyoto
1961 Studied pottery making under Manji Inoue and others at the Saga Ceramic Research Institute
Received first prize for his ceramic sculpture “Sogyo”
at the 10th Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition
sponsored by the Asahi Newspaper
Awarded first prize
1967 Moved to the U.S. as a lecturer at Wesleyan University in Ohio, U.S.A
1966 Awarded a non-examination by the Nitten (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition)
Works exhibited at the Nitten were purchased
by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and displayed at diplomatic missions abroad
1971 Moved to Tanegashima Island on the recommendation of Fujio Koyama
Built a kiln in Koen, Nishinoomote City, to produce Tanegashima ware
1972 Helped Fujio Koyama build the Hananoki Kiln (Goto-maki, Toki City, Gifu Prefecture)
1974 He left Tanegashima and returned to Karatsu, and built a kiln in Mirukashi, Karatsu City
Named Ryuta Gama by Fujio Koyama
Worked in Echizen and Yomitan, Okinawa
1980 Visited the Keiryuzan Kiln site in Korea
1985 Awarded the prize at the Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition
sponsored by the Ceramic Society of Japan
1990 Produced celadon and white porcelain at Kotaro Ohno's kiln in Takikawa, Hokkaido
1991 Studied and researched at the Cizhou Kiln in China
1992 Studied and researched at the Jun Kiln and Longquan Kiln in China
1996 Invited by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark
Invited by Anderson Ranch Center, Colorado, U.S.A
2005 Karatsu exhibition in New York, U.S.A.
(Four-person show: Takashi Nakazato, Malcolm Wright, Taki Nakazato and Hanako Nakazato)
2006 Invited by Utah State University, USA