She is the daughter of beauty queen and actress Maria Isabel Lopez and former Japanese spouse, Hiroshi Yokohama.

[1] In 2006 she was launched, along with 23 other aspiring actors and actresses, as a member of Star Magic Batch 13.

She then starred in ABS-CBN's Sineserye Presents: Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos?.

[2] Yokohama was one of the castaways of Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown in November 2011.

She learned how to surf at age 6 in the coastal barangay of Urbiztondo in La Union.