[2] Kumi Nakada (the coach of Hisamitu Springs) converted her to setter in 2012-13 season.

Fellow volleyball player Miyuki Kano is her elder sister.

She was elected the candidate player of the national team when she was a junior high school student.

Kano announced her marriage to singer and actor Akito Kiriyama [ja] on January 3, 2025.

[4] The couple’s relationship was first reported in April 2023, they met in 2019 after working together on Fuji TV’s 2019 World Cup Volleyball coverage, where WEST served as special supporters.