She studied literature and worked at a life insurance company before entering the prestigious art school Setsu Mode Seminar [ja], which closed in 2017.
The school was founded by the influential fashion illustrator and artist Setsu Nagasawa [ja], whom she credits with teaching her about the concepts of "freedom" and "elegance" in art.
In 1989, she established Orange Peel Inc. She has produced work for magazines, newspapers, and for advertising and has utilized screen-printing, collaging, and GIF-collaging in her art.
Her blog, Microjournal, was featured in the monthly magazine Sosho by freelance writer and book critic Takeshi Okazaki.
Her works are published internationally in Otoliths, BlazeVOX, Empty Mirror, Experiment-O, M58, DATABLEED, Black Market Re-View, Burning House Press, h&, BRAVE NEW WORD magazine, DODGING THE RAIN, Jazz Cigarette, and TAPE HISS zine, amongst other places.