Documentary photographer. Born in Akita Prefecture in Japan in 1982. She was fascinated by the mountains, and in 2006 she was the first Japanese woman to climb the world's second highest peak, K2 (8611m / Pakistan). She won the Naomi Uemura Adventure Award. Eventually she was attracted to the lives of humans living in the climate, and she aspired to be a photographer while traveling through grasslands and deserts. She has been shooting the theme of the Syrian Civil War and refugees since 2012.
Her books include "To the Land of Humans" (Shueisha International / 2020).
She won the 8th Mika Yamamoto Memorial International Journalist Award in May 2021.
