Born in 1972 in Nibutani, Biratori, Saru District, Hokkaido. She grew up watching her late grandmother, Kimura Yaeko, who ran Kimura Folk Crafts, weave attus. From an early age, she helped with tasks such as tying and stretching threads. In her late thirties, she participated in a one-year program under the Traditional Craft Reproduction Grant Project, weaving an attus sash. Learning attus weaving from a traditional craftsman living in Nibutani during that program sparked a deep interest that continues to this day.

She mainly creates works in attus weaving. She is dedicated to producing extremely fine threads, aiming for delicate and precise weaves. Because attus weaving is such a labor-intensive process, she believes that genuine passion is the key to continuing the craft. She also handles dyeing, using materials such as indigo and walnut to color the bark of the Ohyo tree, expanding the creative possibilities of her attus works.

She says Nibutani is the kind of place that makes you want to return once you’ve left. She feels that being in this environment is what allows her to keep weaving attus, which she loves so much. She hopes to continue weaving for as long as her grandmother did.

Member of the Nibutani Folk Craft Association.