She has worked on all of acclaimed filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki's films to date and has received four VFX-Japan Awards for her efforts, along with an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Godzilla Minus One (2023), making Shibuya the first woman of color to win in this category.
[3] In 1993, Shibuya began working in digital compositing on the Juzo Itami-directed film The Last Dance.
[3] Thereafter, she has participated in the creation of visual effects for various advertisements and movies at Shirogumi's studio in Chōfu, Tokyo.
[3] Shibuya has worked on every film directed by Takashi Yamazaki, notably serving as the visual effects director for Juvenile (2000),[3] Returner (2002),[3][4] Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005),[3][5] Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007),[3] Space Battleship Yamato (2010),[3] Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012),[3] The Eternal Zero (2013),[3] Parasyte: Part 1 (2014),[3] Parasyte: Part 2 (2015),[3] A Man Called Pirate (2016)[3][6] and Godzilla Minus One (2023).
Shibuya has received four VFX-JAPAN Awards, for her work on Takashi Yamazaki's Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), The Eternal Zero (2013), A Man Called Pirate (2016), and Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017).