Born:
February 25, 1954, Tokyo
Education:
Washington State University
Sophia University, International Division
2002 St.Luke's College of Nursing
2008 University of Tokyo, Ph.D. in Health Sciences
Career:
worked as an actress after being a simultaneous
interpreter and an anchorwoman
2011 founded "Kibou to kizuna (Hopes and Connections)"
(support project for residents affected by the
Great East Japan Earthquake)
Visiting Researcher, University of Tokyo in the Faculty of
Medicine
Visiting Researcher, St. Luke's International University
Counselor, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Nihon
University Itabashi Hospital
Director, Japan Clinical Research Support Unit
(non-profit organization)
2016 elected to the House of Councillors
(as of July 30,2020)