Completed the Master's program in Lied and Oratorio at the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Awarded 1st Prize in the Vocal Division of the Sogakudo Japanese Song Competition in Reiwa 4 (2022). Received 2nd Prize and the Audience Award in the Vocal Division of the 93rd Music Competition of Japan, and 5th Prize at the 24th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition Leipzig. Also awarded 2nd Prize in the Vocal Division of the 26th International Johannes Brahms Competition, among many other accolades. Recipient of the 2020 Overseas Music Study Grant from the Meiji Yasuda Quality of Life Cultural Foundation. Member of AINANA, a sister duo graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.

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