Mio grew up in Kobe, Japan. At the age of 20, she decided to study in United Kingdom and so therefore moved there. Mio graduated from Kingston University with a degree in Illustration and graduated from the Royal College of Art with a MA in communication art and design.

During her study, Mio built up her drawing style based on the observation of things around her. Using smooth pen work, she draws portraits of everyday life and ordinary people.

She enjoys working in various fields such as advertising, editorial and fashion. Her work can be seen in magazines like anan, ELLE Japan, Ginger, inRED, Numero Tokyo and TimeOut. She is currently illustrating for a weekly fashion column in Stella magazine by The Sunday Telegraph.

Her advertising clients include Jigsaw, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Miller Harris, Nissan, RioBlush and SpaceNK.

She has published her first publication “My Diary” in 2008 from Jonathan Cape publisher, United Kingdom.

Mio is currently living and working in Tokyo, whereshe always finds great inspiration..