Based in Kyoto, Tomoko specializes in English/Japanese translation and interpretation. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba, she pursued her masters degree in Literary Translation from East Anglia University in England and earned her second masters degree from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in the United States. Her published translation works include American Hardcore by Steven Blush and Good Reasons For Bad Feelings by Randolph M. Nesse.