Ryo Noritake was born in Nagoya, Japan. Ryo moved to Boston in 2005 to attend Berklee College of Music with the scholarship, where he studied with Hal Crook, Ian Froman, Terri Lyne Carrington, George Garzone, Dave Santoro, JoAnne Brackeen, Jon Hazilla, Bob Gullotti and many other teachers. He received Professional Music Achievement Award on March 2008 and graduated Berklee with summa cum laude on May 2008.