 She was given the stage name of "Makoto Kawamoto" and made her debut as a singer.She lost weight as the result of pressure from appearing on TV programs or radio programs, and from pressure of composing music.Kawamoto released her 2nd single "DNA", for which she wrote words and music herself, and her 3rd single "1/2" which were tied to popular anime "Rurouni Kenshin", and her first album "Kawamoto Makoto".