[2] She met future bandmate Naoko Yamano in college, and she spent some time working as a cartoonist's assistant.
She has named the Beatles, Beach Boys, The Jam, Redd Kross, and Cheap Trick as influences.
[3] In 1995, Nakatani collaborated with Gary Waleik of the band Big Dipper on a project called The Japanese Beatles.
[4] She toured the world regularly with Shonen Knife during this period, except for missing some shows due to illness in 1997.
A lyric from her song "Catnip Dream" was included in the 2002 book Hokkaido Popsicle, written by Isaac Adamson.