She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48 as part of Team N. Kato passed NMB48's 3rd generation auditions in December 2011.
In February 2014, during AKB48's Group Shuffle, Kato was transferred to Team N. In June 2015, at the AKB48 41st Senbatsu Sousenkyo, Kato ranked for the first time at #59, putting her into Future Girls In October 2016, during NMB48’s 6th Anniversary Live, Kato was transferred to Team M, becoming the first NMB48 member to have been into three teams.
In AKB48’s 49th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo held in June 18th 2017, Kato ranked 33rd Place and became center of Next Girls.
On the same year, she joined the South Korean girl group idol survival show Produce 48, a collaboration between the Mnet series Produce 101 and the J-pop idol girl group AKB48, where she was eliminated at episode 5 after finishing at 74th place.
In NMB48 Daisokaku 2019, Kato was transferred back to Team BII.