Opened boutiques in Paris and New York in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Father was a government official in the former Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications), and her mother founded a dressmaking school (currently Bunka Fashion College).
Designed the Easter vestments worn by Pope John Paul II in 1993.
One of Katsura's dresses is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.
Studied in Paris at École de la chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne.