In 2002, she became a pupil of Shiko KATSURA (a Sapporo resident and a comic storyteller of "Kamigata," or Kyoto and Osaka area), and she belonged to Yoshimoto Creative Agency Sapporo Office with the stage name of 'Karin.'
2002年に札幌在住の上方落語家、桂枝光に弟子入り、「花りん（かりん）」の芸名でよしもとクリエイティブ・エージェンシー札幌事務所に所属した。