[3] In her teens, she won various contests such as "Dance Attack" and "Shonen Chample.
[5][6] After graduating from high school in March 2010, she went to Los Angeles to study dance.
After returning to Japan, Sugawara worked as a choreographer and backup dancer.
She has been a back-up dancer for 2NE1,[3] Girls' Generation, Koda Kumi, Exile, SMAP, Namie Amuro,[7] Rihanna,[3][8] and Daichi Miura.
[8] From September 2016 until November 2017, Sugawara dated actor Haruma Miura.