Emerging from Yokohama and raised in Kōchi, she entered entertainment after winning a P&G model contest at fourteen and appearing on TK Music Camp, later attending Waseda University without graduating. At fifteen she debuted on Fuji TV's Heart ni S, receiving a Best Newcomer award, and later earned a Best Supporting Actress prize for the comedy Beach Boys. Her film debut, 20-seki Nostalgia, brough…
