Ryohei Terada is a musician from Japan, trained in Tuvan music and throat singing. Since 2010, he has been practicing the traditional music and throat
singing of Tuva while staying in the area regularly. His musical activities range from Tuvan traditional music to his own compositions and arranged compositions of Japanese traditional songs. Ryohei is working to develop his own music as a Japanese musician, whose musical basis is in Tuvan music. He
plays traditional Tuvan instruments such as igil, doshipulur, mouth harp, as well
as guitar. His teacher is one of the leading Tuvan musicians, Möngün Ool Ondar.
Ryohei is a foreign performer who has learned the Tuvan language, is deeply
accepted by the local musical community, and has been collecting and
translating local traditional songs. He has also produced concerts and events in Japan related to Central Asia and Siberia, and was honored as a Tuvan cultural
ambassador by the government of the Republic of Tuva in 2017.