She has since appeared in numerous movies and television (her TV show debut was Miotsukushi [jp] in 1985), and is considered one of Japan's most beautiful and talented actresses.
[citation needed] She has played scientific criminal investigator Mariko Sakaki, the lead role in the television show Kasōken no Onna (and its successor Shin Kasōken no Onna), which have aired on TV Asahi since 1999.
In NHK Taiga dramas she has portrayed Iroha-hime in the Dokuganryū Masamune (1987), Akahashi Tōko in Taiheiki (1991), and Nene in Hideyoshi (1996).
This involved her sounding as though she was talking with her mouth full, so she initially tried biting her finger while acting.
When this didn't create the desired effect, some KFC chicken was ordered into the recording studio.