Yuri is a music book editor based in Kanagawa, Japan. She majored in Ethnomusicology at Tokyo University of the Arts. She has been planning, editing, and promoting music books for a music publishing company for 15 years. She mainly works on academic and educational materials. She has also made books for children. The books she has worked on have won several awards including the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities. Having studied at a business school for working women, and being a mother to two wonderful kids, she is interested in women’s empowerment.