[11][12][13] Her album Yumegatari (Japanese: 夢がたり) stayed at number 1 in the Oricon chart for seven consecutive weeks from 31 December 1979 to 11 February 1980.
[16] Her album Yoruno Sokowa Yawarakana Maboroshi (1984) has been described as her greatest masterpiece.
[23][24] She sang songs in the new music genre (Japanese: ニューミュージック, nyū myūjikku).
[27] In January 2020, a box set was released under the title Saki Kubota Premium to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her debut in 1979.
[35] She began to write lyrics and compose music when she was in senior high school (kōtōgakkō, abbreviated to kōkō).
[21][36] She was educated at the Second Kyoritsu Girl's Senior High School (Kyōritsu joshi dai ni kōkō).
[46] In 2004, Saki Kubota was number 65 in the mora annual download rankings for artists.
[47][48] In 2007, Shūkan Shōwa Taimuzu featured her on the back cover as person of the moment (Japanese: 時の人) for 1980.
[51] She appeared at the Tōkyō Kirisuto kyōgaku-en school festival in 1989,[52] and at a Christmas event in Yokohama in 2024.
[54][55] Her appearance at the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall was relayed by NHK-FM on 3 March 1980.
[74][75][76] She did a christmas concert at Blues Alley Japan (Japanese: ブルースアレイジャパン) in Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo in 2017.
[89] In 1980, she was the subject of special episodes of Ryuun Nagai Disc Jockey Program[90] and Your Sunday on FM Tokyo,[91] and she appeared on Saki Kubota Live Special on FM Osaka.
[172] She published her autobiography, Futari No Iho Jin (Japanese: ふたりの異邦人), in 2019.