She started her career in Shueisha's Bouquet magazine. She sometimes worked as book reviewer on Weekly Book Review program on NHK. She was influenced by the work of Naoki Yamamoto and Akemi Matsunae. She died in Tokyo on April 20, 2016, at the age of 57. Shogakukan's announcement only stated that she "passed away due to illness".
Sakumi Yoshino
吉野朔実
