Since retiring from performing in July 2022, Ms. Motobuchi is in demand as a teacher in two countries, serving on the Viola and Chamber Music faculty at both the New England Conservatory of Music and at the Tenrikyo Institute of Music in her native Japan. She has given Master Classes in conservatories and festivals around the world and served as a member of the jury at the Primrose International Viola Competition in 2021, and will be a member of the jury at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in 2023.

As a member of the Borromeo String Quartet, Ms. Motobuchi has served as Quartet-in-Residence at New England Conservatory of Music, Taos School of Music, and Heifetz International Music Institute.

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Mai Motobuchi started playing violin at age five. Her teachers have included Joseph Fuchs, Robert Dan, Raphael Hillyer, Martha Strongin Katz, Paul Katz, and Yoko Washio Iwatani.

Ms. Motobuchi is also a renown essayist in Japan, and her first book was published and released in July 2022 under Doyusha Publications.