NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Joe Hisaishi on 13 September 2019. Joe Hisaishi has been played over 140 times on NTS, first on 20 January 2014. Joe Hisaishi's music has been featured on 94 episodes.

Joe Hisaishi (譲 久石) was born on December 6, 1950, in Nagano. He started his career as a composer of modern music when he was still a student at the Kunitachi College of Music. At that time, he was into minimalist music. He released his first album, "Information" in 1982.

In 1983, he was recommended by a record company to create the Image Album for Nausicaa…