[1] Upon returning to Japan in 2006 she started composing her own songs, debuting them in a small live house in Okinawa.
[1] In April 2007 she participated in a music audition sponsored by MSN and won the Special Jury Prize.
[2] This gave her the opportunity to meet Japanese (Jazz) producers like Coldfeet and Ryota Nozaki (Jazztronik) and led to the release of her debut single Negai No Sora.
[7] On June 30 it was announced that Emi would be featured in two songs from the popular techno twins Ryukuydisko, Starlight Waltz feat.
On August 22, 2009, Emi announced on her blog that she would release her first full-length album Sings along with a single Namida no Oto on November 4.
[11][12] After being on a unannounced hiatus for 1 year, Emi's official website announced that she would be the singer during the Romeo&Julia play that would tour through Japan.