She is considered to be a successor to the Year 24 Group that is credited with renewing shōjo manga.
Her official debut was with the work Saikon Kyousou Kyoku (再婚狂騒曲), published in Hana to Yume in 1975.
[3][4] Her best known works are Jikan wo Warerani, Basil Shi no Yuuga na Seikatsu (The Elegant Life of Mr Basil), about a 19th-century British aristocrat, and Yamiyo no Hon (serialized 1982-1985 in Asahi Sonorama's Duo magazine).
She won the Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the Manga Division in 1997.
She is marked for her talent at "casually portraying" everyday life.