In 1986, she joined the idol girl group Onyanko Club as member number 38, which led to Kudo forming the subgroup Ushirogami Hikaretai the following year.
[5] In 1998, she released I'm Not, entirely written and produced by Sharam Q guitarist Hatake, which yielded the Dragon Ball GT ending theme "Blue Velvet".
In 2000, Kudo signed with Extasy Japan,[11] founded by Yoshiki, who produced her first single released under the label, "Shinku no Hana".
Two years later, after the birth of her first child, she went on to release her only studio album for the label, Jewelry Box.
Kudo rejoined Pony Canyon, her former label, in 2005, for which she released her first album in three years, Tsukikage.