[1][2] Her best-known voice roles include Ophiuchus Shaina in Saint Seiya, Arale Norimaki in Dr. Slump, Minky Momo in Magical Princess Minky Momo, Lunch in Dragon Ball, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in Naruto: Shippuden, Korosuke in Kiteretsu Daihyakka, Ryoko Mendo in Urusei Yatsura, and Charlotte Linlin (Big Mom) in One Piece, Vermouth in Detective Conan.
Some of her notable roles in the 1990s and 2000s anime include Balalaika in Black Lagoon, Talia Gladys in Gundam Seed Destiny, Eva Heinemann in Monster, and Yōko Itoigawa in Hyōka.
[3] In feature films, she voiced Kei in Akira, and the adult Chiyoko Fujiwara in Millennium Actress.
She moved to Tokyo and at the suggestion of a friend tried switching to voice acting, and earned a role in the 1975 show Ikkyū-san.
She married fellow voice actor Tōru Furuya in 1976; the two had been coworkers at NHK Nagoya radio.