Born in 1963 / From Miyagi Prefecture
Representative works: Macross F / Cowboy Bebop
Composer / Arranger / Producer.
Debuted as a keyboardist for the rock band 'Tetsu 100%' while attending Waseda University.
After the band broke up, she started composing, arranging, and producing.
In addition to working with various artists, she has won numerous advertising music awards in the commercial music genre.
She has created many soundtracks for anime works, and has gained enthusiastic fans both in Japan and abroad. In 2005 "Sousei no Aquarion", which she composed and arranged, became a huge hit.
She started activities with the label "PIANO" in the summer of 2013. She arranged a unique project called "Piano me" that combines grand piano performance and projection mapping.
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