- Is a trained contortionist and ballet dancer, which helped in performing the unnatural movements required to play Kayako Saeki.
- Turned down the chance to reprise her role as Kayako in The Grudge 3 (2009) after growing tired of playing the role for about a decade of film productions. Up until that film she had played the role in every installment of the franchise, American and Japanese versions.
- Has a fear of fire (pyrophobia), which made shooting any scenes with fire in the Ju-on franchise difficult.
- Is superstitious and has always believed in the supernatural.
- Has said that the only way she will reprise her role as Kayako in another Ju-on or Grudge film is if Takashi Shimizu returns to direct it.
- Was working as a stage actress in theatre before she was discovered. Takashi Shimizu, who was looking for an actress to play Kayako in the Ju-on short films, saw her performing on stage and immediately confronted her after the show was over and offered her the role.
- Trained in ballet dancing from the age of 4 until she was 11.
- Provided voice work for The Grudge (2019), on which she dubbed the characters of Fiona Landers (the ghost) and Faith Matheson. She revealed to have worked on the movie in January 2021, after declining that she would do so when asked by a fan in 2020.
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