Yoshio Otani (born 1972) is a Japanese critic and musician whose work spans music, literature, art, film, and media theory. Alongside his career as a saxophonist, he has written extensively on the relationship between sound, language, and modern culture, bringing together artistic practice and cultural criticism. His best-known book, "Digitality of Sound and Language," traces the evolution of media from records and radio to film and the internet, examining how digital technologies have transformed the ways we create, communicate, and experience sound and language.
