Born in London and raised in Tokyo. She was sent to camp in Maine when she was 13 and now speaks fluent English. She was a Takarazuka fan which inpsired her dream of acting, and started out as a model. She was in her first commercial for JAL when she was still a high school student, and made her drama debut in 1996. In 2010 she married Shonentai member Noriyuki Higashiyama and they had their first child in 2011. Watch drama online for free.