She got the idea of a unique pen-name, Kobe-Donbo* from Akira Toriyama's pet cat.
She made her first official US appearance at Otakon 2004 in Baltimore, MD as a Guest of Honor.
Before that, she appeared at the AnimeGamers USA retail store in Los Angeles, California on July 7, 2002, for an autograph session promoting her Chocola 2001 artbook.
On Koge-Donbo's official website, she has announced that she would be starting a new manga called "DokiDoki!
[1] Donbo added an "*" mark to her formal pen name in April 2008.