Originating from Kagoshima and raised in Okinawa, the actress honed her craft at the Okinawa Actors School before launching a teen idol career with the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5 in 1997. That same year she entered the film world as the young Shiori in Rebirth of Mothra II, later appearing on television as Elly in Ultraman Max (2005) and portraying Sayu Yagami in the live-action Death Note (…
