YOKO was born in Japan. 
In 1996 she moved to Italy in order to complete her studies at the “Incontri col Maestro” International Piano Academy in Imola (Franco Scala, and fortepiano with Stefano Fiuzzi) 
In 2002, she won the first prize at the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, since then she has performed with major orchestra in Asia and in Europe. Yoko has performed with many conductors including Lawrence Foster, Ivor Bolton, Yutaka Sado, Gerd Albrecht, Dennis Russell Davis, Leif Segerstam, HK Gruber ,Dan Ettinger Ryusuke Numajiri and others. She has performed with the NDR Radio Philharmonie Orchester Hannover , Gulbenkian Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Orchesta Sinfonica National Argentina, Orchestra Symphonique de Bretagne, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, all Japanese Orchestras. She also participated in several music festivals such as Salzburg Festival, Prague Spring Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Spring Festival in Tokyo ,Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. She is also passionate about other forms of art and collaborated with The Tokyo Ballet and classical ballet dancers including Svetlana Zakharova, Diana Vishneva, Matthieu Ganio, Marcelo Gomes,Alessandra Ferri ,Miyako Yoshida, Mizuka Ueno and others. 
Her debut CD (Mozart) was awarded the 18th Music Pen Club Prize"Best Recording by a Japanese Artist".