Jason Monti earned his first bachelor's degree in Japanese Language and Literatures with a minor in Asian Studies from the University of Florida. He spent his final year of university at Kansai Foreign Language University in Hirakata City, Osaka Urban Prefecture, Japan, on an exchange program. After graduation, he taught English in Ibara City and Bisei Town, Okayama Prefecture, Japan for three years on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme. He has also traveled extensively throughout Japan, and currently lives and works in Fukui Prefecture.