Takaya was born in Canberra, Australia. He moved when he was still very little to Sydney, Australia where he still lives. He was brought up on the North Shore and Northern Beaches attending Barker College for the majority of his schooling. He had always felt that he loved performance but only considered it as a career after studying Drama.He played Puck in his year 12 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and subsequently went on to play the role for another 6 years. He performed the role in 2008 in a production by the Epicentre Theatre Company, at the Zenith Theatre in Chatswood. Then for Sport For Jove Theatre Company at the 'Shakespeare in the Rose Garden', The Leura Shakespeare Festival, The Sydney Hills Shakespeare in the Park, and The Sydney Morning Herald Autumn Festival of Arts Shakespeare in the Garden from 2009-2011. In these festivals he also has performed as Paris in "Romeo and Juliet" and Dennis in "As You Like It".Takaya came onto the screen when he auditioned for "Chatroom Chicks", the production title for "A Gurls Wurld" (aka Germany: Emma's Chatroom, Latin America: El Ciber-mun do De las Chicas, Brazil: Amigas On Line, Italy: Cyber-girls, Sweden : Kompisar pa notate). The role saw him filming in 2009 in both Australia and Singapore in the role of Josh.In 2011, he graduated from the University of Technology Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Media Arts and Production).