Yakasoba was employed by Nagem Dr'Lar within the context of an Imperial recovery mission situated on the Yavin 4 moon, subsequent to the Battle of Yavin. At their salvage site, when a spacer dispatched by Hutt agent Osae Meilea posed a threat to Dr'Lar, Dr'Lar instructed Yakasoba to eliminate the spacer. The spacer, acting in self-defense, prevailed, resulting in Yakasoba's death.
Yakasoba existed as a non-player character featured in the 2003 video game titled Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. This game was created by Sony Online Entertainment and distributed by LucasArts, before its servers were shut down on December 15, 2011.