[3][1] Her subpar academic performance was her rationale for leaving elementary school in her fifth year to join the Himawari Theatre Group.
She modeled in magazines including Hana to Yume,[4] Olive,[5] GORO,[6] Deluxe Jump,[7] Lemon Pie[8] Momoco,[9] Beppin,[10] Suppin,[11] Heibon Punch,[12] Penthouse Japan,[13] THE Shashin,[14] Deluxe Magazine,[15][16][17][18] mc Sister,[19][20] and The Sugar[21] and appeared in commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Sapporo Ichiban, and Nagatanien.
Having switched to Hirata Office, she made her acting debut in 1985 through the TV drama Okusama wa Furyō Shōjo!?
[1] That year's broadcast of the first version of Sukeban Deka starring Yuki Saito as Saki Asamiya, Endō was recognized for her role as Ayumi Mizuchi.
[22][23] Endō had been scheduled to debut as an idol singer on May 21, 1986 by performing the Riv.Star Records song "In the Distance," composed by Tetsuo Sakurai with arrangement by Yūji Toriyama and lyrics by Masako Arikawa.
Shortly after Endō's death, idol singer Yukiko Okada jumped from the roof of the Sun Music building.
[28] Two years after Endō's death, Miho Nakayama performed a song, "Long Distance to Heaven," during a 1988 concert tour.