At the age of 6, she was trained at the Inoue school of dance, made her debut at the Miyako Odori (dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district), and began performing as a maiko (apprentice geisha) at the age of 15.
6歳で井上流を習い始め、『都をどり』で初舞台を踏み、15歳で舞妓として店出しする。