[5] Playing almost exclusively on the LPGA Tour in 2018, Hataoka won two events, the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship[6][7] and the Toto Japan Classic, which was co-sanctioned with the JLPGA.

[10] On 31 March 2019, Hataoka won the Kia Classic at Aviara, closing with a 5-under-par 67 to clinch a three-stroke victory.

[12] Hataoka won her fourth LPGA Tour title, the Marathon Classic by six strokes, after 54 holes, because poor weather conditions made the course unplayable on Sunday, 11 July.

[14] With her $345,000 win, she rose to second place in the money ranking, trailing only number 1 world-ranked Nelly Korda.

[15] In 2022, she won the DIO Implant LA Open on 24 April, her sixth win on the LPGA Tour, and the $225,000 prize.

[17] She had missed the cut in her previous tournament the week before at the Lotte Championship, but won by five strokes over Hannah Green.

[1] With a four-stroke lead going into the final round, her new ball position and swing change that weekend from a new coach, helped her miss only four fairways and seven greens.

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–4) a Hataoka won the 2016 Japan Women's Open Golf Championship as an amateur.