She subsequently made her model debut in the November 2006 issue of Seventeen, which became her first job in the entertainment industry.

In January 2011, she had her first appearance in the Fuji TV drama serial Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta.

She was picked by winning an audition in which eight hundred people attended to play a key person in a quasi-leading role in the drama.

She won the "Best Smile of the Year" award in November,[6] and in December became the first Japanese person to be contracted with Italian luxury goods brand Gucci.

[7] On 12 December 2011, she made her debut as a singer under Universal Japan, releasing the single "Koisuru Kimochi".