After graduating from Kobe University and resigning from an advertising agency,he played an active part in a Japanese theatrical group called "Planet Pistachio",as a stage actor, from 1990 to 1998.
Born and raised in the city of Nara, Takaichi graduated from to Nara Prefectural Unebi Senior High School for her secondary education, then she received Bachelor of Business Administration from Kobe University in 1984.
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She has been a professor in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, and at Kobe University.