Whilst studying for a degree in French Literature at Dokkyo University in Tokyo, she discovered jazz and was immediately hooked by the music, so she decided to sing after school in several jazz clubs in Tokyo.
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A native of Takaoka District, Kōchi and graduate of Dokkyo University she was elected to the village council of Hidaka, Kōchi for the first time in 1995 and to the Diet for the first time in 2005.