[1][2] In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series from 1969 until 1995.

[2] In addition, she has acted in many films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s.

[3] She sometimes performs as a voice actress, such as "Sophie" in Howl's Moving Castle in 2004.

[1][2] Her 1965 single, "Sayonara wa dance atoni", a cha-cha ballad, later had its melody inspire the 1992 song Moonlight Densetsu, the theme song of the first four seasons for the anime adaption of Sailor Moon.

[5] She is married to the Japanese composer Reijiro Koroku [Wikidata].