When she graduated from high-school she decided to focus her career entirely on acting.

As of 2009, she shortened her stage name and is now simply going by "Natsuna" (夏菜).

In 2012, she landed the coveted lead role in the NHK Asadora Jun to Ai after an audition of over 2250 actors.

[1] She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on March 1, 2022.

[57] Natsuna announced on her instagram that she is pregnant with the couple's second child on March 29, 2023.