[1] She is best known as a solo artist,[2][3] co-founder of New York City band Cibo Matto,[4] and as the first person to provide the voice of Noodle in the virtual band Gorillaz,[5][6] as well as for her work with the Beastie Boys,[7] Handsome Boy Modeling School,[8] Smokey Hormel,[9] John Zorn,[1] and many more.

She worked at used record shop Flash Disc Ranch in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, where she was exposed to many styles of music and sometimes performed as a club DJ.

[15] The duo formation expanded to include Sean Lennon and Timo Ellis on 1997's Super Relax EP,[12] and "unofficial" fifth member Duma Love appeared on their second full-length, 1999's Stereo ★ Type A.

[18] Hatori worked with her Cibo Matto collaborators outside of the band, contributing to Sean Lennon's solo album Into the Sun, as well as to his scores for the independent films Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead[19] and Alter Egos;[20] she also appears on Yuka Honda's solo album Eucademix.

),[8] DJ Towa Tei,[23] Stephin Merritt's The 6ths,[24] The Baldwin Brothers,[25] Beastie Boys,[7] Blackalicious,[26] Peter Daily, Greg Kurstin,[27] Forró in the Dark, John Zorn, The Incredible Moses Leroy,[28] Patrick Higgins,[29] and Smokey Hormel.