Career
She was mostly known as a character actress. In her later career, she provided the Japanese voice-over for the lead character in Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman and appeared as the mother of Itsuki Fujii in Love Letter. She was also active in stage acting in the later part of her career, and was due to appear in a new production at the time of her unexpected death.
She had a brief career as a singer, releasing three singles in the 1970s.