Amy Hiraoka

Photo: Naoko Kitaue

Amy Hiraoka

Born in Tokyo in 1994, Amy Hiraoka is Naha Cultural Arts Theater NAHArt’s Planning and Production Manager. She has been a Naha resident since 2016. Prior to taking on her current position in 2020, Hiraoka was a program officer at the Okinawa Prefectural Foundation for Cultural Promotion, Okinawa Arts Council. She has been working with the institution since before its opening in 2021, and oversaw the production of Mum & Gypsy’s Light house during the theater’s inaugural year, the NAHArt JAZZ Month concert in 2023, and the NAHArt Baby Theater Project in 2024. As a personal project, Hiraoka has been running a shared house and artist-in-residence facility since 2017.