Yannick Dietz moved to Massachusetts, USA, after high school to take part in a volunteer program in mental health services. He later returned to Germany to pursue his long-held ambition of studying Japanese, completing study-abroad programs at Kobe University as an undergraduate and Osaka City University during graduate school.
After finishing his studies, he joined the JET Programme as a Coordinator for International Relations at a city hall in Niigata, Japan, where he coordinated the Tokyo 2020 Olympic & Paralympic Host Town partnership with German Olympic athletes. Following three years in Niigata, he joined Pasona Group on Awaji Island.
