Hiroko Nagai is a music researcher, educator, composer and koto musician. As a performer, she has performed in Australia, Singapore, India, Japan as well as the Philippines. She also leads the TUGMA Koto Ensemble at the University of the Philippines. As a composer, she uses acoustic instruments as well as a digital audio workstation. She contributes her works to theater and film productions, and has received several awards such as the Best Achievement in Sound and Aural Orchestration from Young Critic Circle, the Best Music Award at the ToFarm Film Festival and the Outstanding Musical Score from Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences. Her publications include Transnationalizing Culture of Japan in Asia: Dramas, Musics, Arts and Agencies (2009), War Memories, Monuments and Media: Representations of Conflicts and Creation of Histories of World War II (2012) and “Blending Hogaku and Popular Music in Japan’s Cultural Export” (2018).