At the age of 15 she won the first prize at the national Mainichi Competition in Tokyo, and in 1966 became a recipient of the silver medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
At the age of 15 she won the first prize at the national Mainichi Competition in Tokyo, and in 1963 she won Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. In 1966 became a recipient of the silver medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition.