Tomoko Minami is a graduate of Princeton University.

She was the winner of the 2001 Alan Downer Theatre Prize. Since her graduation, Tomoko has worked with Eleanor Bergstein in her New York office. She has been involved extensively with the stage version of Dirty Dancing from its early stages (New York City workshop in 2001, World Premiere in Australia in 2004, and European Premiere in Hamburg, Germany), as well as with a number of Ms Bergstein's other projects. She lives in New York City, where she is Director of Development of Magic Hour Productions.