Tetsuya is an educator, scholar, and artist whose research and art practice focus on language pedagogy, music, and popular culture. His current research interests include Japanese linguistics/ pedagogy and sociolinguistics in the relationship between music and language. He is particularly interested in the connection between composers’ native language and output, and digital resources/ popular culture for teaching. Tetsuya holds M.A. in East Asian Studies (Japanese Linguistics) from the University of Arizona, and a B.A. in Japanese pedagogy from the International Christian University, Japan. In addition to his language degree, he earned his Ph.D. in music composition from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and a B.M. and M.M. in percussion performance from Youngstown State University. Prior to coming to the University of Arizona, he taught several courses in Japanese language and/or music at Williams College, the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and Youngstown State University.