 In 2007 Kaho won her first major acting prize, a Hochi Film Award in the Best New Artist category.In 2008 she won a Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer, received a Best New Talent award at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in the film "A Gentle Breeze in the Village", and was recognized as one of the Newcomers of the Year at the 31st Japan Academy Prize ceremony.Kaho played numerous TV and film roles throughout her teen years, but Mark Schilling of "The Japan Times" noted that she was often typecast as a "wide-eyed, pure-hearted innocent."