Born in Miyagi prefecture and raised in Osaka and Kyoto. Influenced by her grandfather, a violinist and music teacher, and her father, a classical pianist and manager of Kyoto University Alumni Chorus Group, Choco made her first professional stage debut as a solo artist at her age of 17 and regularly made appearances in a variety of shows based in the Kansai area in Japan, while attending high school in Kyoto.

In 1998, Choco went abroad to further her musical knowledge in the U.S.. After she lived in San Francisco and attended Los Angeles Music Academy in Pasadena, California, she moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music, where she dual majored in the Songwriting and Professional Music. While attending college, she has worked with numerous Jazz, Funk and Hip-Hop musicians inside and outside of school and toured with Jr. Holt, the son of legendary reggae singer John Holt around the East Coast region.

After graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Choco moved to New York City in 2003 and started performing as a Singer Songwriter at the renowned venues including CBGB, Webster Hall, and Knitting Factory. She joined various local entertainment communities, and organized the biannual Dance, Music and Fashion show titled A.C.E Talent Showcase vol.1 ~ vol.3 during the period from 2004 through 2007.

In summer 2012, she founded “ACE Music Studio”, where she instructed children and adults. While running ACE Music Studio, Choco actively supported artists from overseas mainly in the performing arts field.

In the spring of 2014, Choco underwent delicate surgeries due to congenital disease of intestine and repeatedly hospitalized. That prompted her to spend each day doing what she truly loves, “creating works of art”.

After she recovered, Choco started producing shows, including ALIVE Performance Show centering on Music, Dance and Theater showcase, which continued from fall 2014, where she directed her original short musical, “A Moon In The Morning” in 2016, followed by “I AM JAPAN” in 2017, as well as “It’s A Happy Day Vol.1 & Vol.2” in 2018 & 2019 at Sending Love Home, the Japan’s earthquake disaster relief event.

While expanding the frontiers of her solo activity to her home country and tours around in Japan in summer, Choco is currently working on her first EP and that she recorded in Brooklyn, New York and Malaysia. Her interview slot in the Info-fresh New York online news board “Surviving in New York, CHOCO’s Artist Interview ~My life 10 yeas ago, My future 10 years from now~” was always ranked top in the “What’s New” article ranking. 

In 2021, Choco released her 1st single “Journey” in April, 2nd single “We Are Dreaming” in June, and her 3rd single “Kiseki No Renzoku” released in August same year, was featured in the movie “Last Passenger” by film director Takashi Horie, which was premiered in the heart of Manhattan, and “Dear Mama” in Oct, which was featured in the movie “Nukumori No Uchigawa” by film director Issey Tanaka which was premiered nationwide in Japan. 

In Jan 2022, Choco released her 5th single “Shiawase Jikan ~Happy Time~, and 6th single “It’s Okay in May 2023. 

She finished recording her 7th single, which will be her first jazz song, “Open The Door” featuring NYC’s professional jazz musicians which is scheduled to be released in a coming month. 

She is about to bring a new dimension to the field of songwriting as an English-Japanese phrasemaker who passes the word of wisdom with the phrases of a chant, in celebration of words and music.