[6][7] She also joined Burning Production (バーニングプロダクション), a leading entertainment agency, thus she quit high school and moved to Tokyo.
[10] In November 1985, she auditioned for the variety show Yūyake Nyan Nyan("Sunset Meow Meow") (夕やけニャンニャン) on Fuji TV and was accepted along with Mutsumi Yokota (横田睦美), Chiaki Mikami (三上千晶), and Yūko Yajima (矢島裕子).
[7][11] In December 1985, she and Yokota became regular performers on a radio program called Onyanko no Abunai Yorudayo (おニャン子のアブない夜だよ), featuring Sonoko Kawai and Sayuri Kokushō as DJs.
[13][14] In February 1986, when Kokushō made her solo debut with the song Valentine Kiss, she and Mako Shiraishi served as backing vocalists.
[8] In July 1986, a large-scale Handshake Event (握手会, Akushukai) was held at the Nippon Budokan, and she shook hands with 12,000 fans who gathered there.
[15][18][19] Shortly thereafter, she made her solo debut with the song Hitomi ni Yakusoku (瞳に約束), which ranked No.
[17][26] The reason was that she was emotionally unstable due to a poor rehearsal for a popular singing show called Yoru no Hit Studio (夜のヒットスタジオ).
[15][27][28] After the disbandment of Onyanko Club, she often appeared not only as a singer but also on variety shows such as Ken Shimura's I'm All Right (志村けんのだいじょうぶだぁ).