Kaori was born in Tokyo, Japan and currently resides in Hilo, Hawaii since 1994. She has a great educational background as she graduated from the University of Hawai’i at Hilo with a Bachelors in Art, the Musashino Art University Junior College as a post graduate in Graphic Design, and received a Certificate in Healing through Art from the California State University of San Marcos. She has been teaching 2D design, watercolor painting, silkscreen and textile printing at Hawaii Community College as lecturer since 2010. Kaori is an independent artist who has had shows in Japan, Australia and the US.