Shu was born and raised in Saitama, Japan, and began his training at Shimura Masahiro Yuko Ballet Studio at the age of three. Shu competed in and won prizes at several international ballet competitions, and he was awarded full scholarships from The Australian Ballet School, Staatsballettschule Berlin, and Portugal National Ballet School. In 2016, he decided to further his training at The Australian Ballet School, where he received the Award of Excellence in 2018. During his time at the school, he danced many soloist roles and got mentioned in Dance Australia and Chacott Web Magazine. He also toured around Australia with The Australian Ballet Regional Tour program.

After graduating in 2019, Shu joined K Ballet Tokyo (formerly K Ballet Company) in 2020 as an Artist. His repertoire highlights at K Ballet Tokyo include the Chinese Doll in The Nutcracker, the Shoemaker in Cinderella, Polonaise and Czardas in Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Carmina Burana by Tetsuya Kumakawa, and Flow Route by Rei Watanabe.

In 2022, Shu joined Singapore Ballet as an Artist. Shu has performed in many classical and contemporary pieces by international choreographers. His repertoire highlights include Pas de Trois and Puss in Boots in Sleeping Beauty, the Summer Fairy in Cinderella, the Toreador in Don Quixote, Shepard in Nutcracker, Configuration by Choo-San Goh, Solo in Reflections by Paul Knobloch, Solo in Without You by Tim Rushton, Ending duet in The Third Reset by Christina Chan, Meeting Point by Christina Chan, The Sound Was Our Ocean by Loughlan Prior, Purcell Pieces by Nils Christie and Protecting Veil by Tim Harbour.