Yoko Sugimura began her modeling career as a race queen for Kure in 1997, where she teamed up with Fumika Suzuki.

As with Fumika Suzuki, the race queen modeling gave her career a good start.

She also continued her race queen work, for the Piknik team in Formula Nippon, and was also featured in internet events in Akihabara.

In 1999 she released an idol video and photobook, and was once again Toyota's event girl at the Tokyo Motor show.

[3] According to one of her fan sites, Yoko Sugimura retired in late 2006, after nine years as a model.