While still in high school, she made her professional debut with Megane-chan no Hitorigoto, published in the Autumn 1972 issue of Bessatsu Margaret.
She won the magazine's gold medal for amateur manga artists.
Afterwards, Kuramochi studied Japanese painting at Musashino Art University, but left before graduation to pursue her career full-time.
Her series A-Girl was adapted as an anime OVA in 1993.
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