[4] Fukuhara attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) while working as a reporter for a sports show on NHK in Japan.

[3][5] She was a member of the a cappella group Medleys, whose alumni include fellow actress Kelly Marie Tran.

[3][6] Before her acting debut, Fukuhara worked various part-time jobs, including translator, subtitle editor, and waitress at a reggae-themed sushi restaurant.

[10] Fukuhara voiced the characters Sewer Queen and Alexis in the Cartoon Network series Craig of the Creek.

[11] In 2019, she began starring as Kimiko Miyashiro / The Female in the Amazon Prime series The Boys, based on the comic book of the same name.