Originally part of the Sakurakko Club, she released a few solo singles and had a career as an actress, gravure idol, and radio personality, before retiring after her marriage to baseball player Koichi Ogata.
[4] She sang the ending theme song of the TV Asahi drama Kyosen no Tsukenai Eigo [ja] (1992–1993), "Kotoba o Sagashite", and Pony Canyon released it as a single on 18 June 1993.
[2] Her self-portrait, "Yoka no Tanoshimi" (余暇の楽しみ), was selected for the 88th Hakujitsu [ja] Exhibition in 2012.
[2] In April 2017, she become a Tuesday commentator on Hiroshima Television's news programme Terebiha [ja].
[10] In December 2013, Ogata confirmed in an interview with Zakzak that she had developed arrhythmia and therefore underwent cardiac catheterization.