Yuki Terada|Pacific Voice inc.

Yuki TeradaBusiness alliance：Researcher (Cultural history, Iranian studies)

Profile

Assistant Professor at Nihon University, College of Law, Department of Journalism. Ph.D. in Area Studies from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo. Assumed current position in 2026 after serving as a Project Assistant Professor at Tokyo College, Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Tokyo. At the age of 19, she moved to the UK and studied at the University of London, where she gained diverse professional experience, including internships at BBC World Service Radio and TBS London bureau, producing programs at a university radio station, and working as an interpreter for NHK. Motivated by the sense that remaining within the English-speaking world alone would limit her perspective, decided to continue her research in Middle Eastern studies, focusing on Iran. She has travelled to Tehran many times and conducted research in museums and galleries, focusing on exhibitions related to history, religion, science, and modern and contemporary art. Drawing on this experience, she is engaged in both writing and teaching. Her research interests also include identities as expressed through exhibitions and performance. During her doctoral studies, she co-founded the crowdfunding project and co-directed the documentary film, Berlin Transgression, featuring drag queens and transsexual artists based in Berlin, Germany.

Data

Home town	Tokyo
Date of Birth	Apr 16, 1986
Height	160cm
Interests	Photography, Painting, Persian cuisine
Skills	English
License	Driver’s License.
Qualification	EIKEN Grade 1, Certified master of Tsugaru shamisen
Education	The University of Tokyo, Ph.D. University of London, The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), MSc
Hair	Dark Brown.
Eyes	Dark Brown.

Actual results

MOVIE

2016	Documentary movies “Berlin Transgression” Co-director A documentary film series that closely follows Berlin’s drag queen and transgender community. It sheds light on their inner struggles and how identities are discovered through performance. The film focuses on the LGBT community and highlights broad social problems. Interview article

2016

Documentary movies “Berlin Transgression” Co-director

A documentary film series that closely follows Berlin’s drag queen and transgender community. It sheds light on their inner struggles and how identities are discovered through performance. The film focuses on the LGBT community and highlights broad social problems.
Interview article

PUBLICATION

2025	“Identity understood through the culture of Iranian dolls: A home kept alive in memories.” In Metttasphere Narrating Identities across Borders and Media, edited by Michael Facius, aliwen and Hannah Janz, torch press.
2025	“Nineteenth-Century Expos and the Travelogues of Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh.” In Banpakugaku Expo-logy, Vol.4, Shibunkaku Shuppan.
2025	“Museum Inclusivity: Multicultural Representation at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.” The Journal of the Museological Society of Japan, Vol. 50, No. 2.
2020	“Contemporary Art” “Contemporary Art Museums” In Chūtō oriento bunka jiten (“Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and Oriental Culture”), edited by Tadashi Suzuki, Jiro Kondo and Masayuki Akahori, Maruzen Publishing Co., Ltd.
2015	Wagiri de mieru! Panorama sekaishi 5, Kawari tsuzukeru sekai (“Panorama World History Vol.5 A Changing World”) (Otsuki Shoten)