MUSE • Musicians United for Social Equity

Yuriko’s primary specialty is writing music for the stage, either to accompany a theater scene or to reflect the emotions and behaviors of some portrayed characters. She is capable of creating attractive melodies and composing theatrical music that goes with any given genre from pure romance to extreme horror. 

She’s recently obtained her master’s from the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at NYU Tisch, which, along with her primary education in the field of Music Composition at Tokyo College of Music, has paved the way for her to explore new opportunities and anticipate bright future prospects. 

Her latest accomplishment has been writing a musical called SKIN, which had an Off-Broadway production debut at Rattlestick Theater in NYC. SKIN was one of the semi-finalists of O’Neil Theater’s 2022 National Music Theater Conference. Yuriko has also had her works presented at prominent NYC venues like Don’t Tell Mama, Green Room 42, and Lincoln Centre.

Her experience in the film industry includes the movie Jesus, which was the winner of the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018. As of now, she’s attending BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, Theater Now’s Musical Writers Lab, and Untitled’s Writers Lab as a music composer, working with passionate emerging musical theater lyricists.