Architectual Music artist from Japan. Born in Shiga and grown up in Kyoto. Wrote her first score at the age of five. 2002: Move to France and was admitted to E'cole Normale de Musique de Paris, Alfred Cortot. While a student, she got in touch with Gabriel Yared (Composed the original soundtracks for English Patient) and Antoine Duhamel (wrote score for Pierrot Le Fou), and both of them praised her talent. 2005: Graduated with top honors and moved to Tokyo.