After working at Hibiya Kadan Co., Ltd., a major Japanese florist, SINCO went to the United States, where she studied American style flower arrangement at BLOOMING AFFAIRS in Boston.
After returning home, she worked as a store manager of “HANAGOYOMI” florist at Seibu Loft store.
She created her original brand “NON'S TOPIARY” in 1997, and since then she has been designing and creating animal topiaries, mainly dogs.
In addition, she has held a personal exhibition of her moss creations around Japan.
In 1999, SINCO appeared on the NHK craft TV show, “OSHARE-KOUBOU”.
She invented the Fleece Dog® using wool and dog hair in 2003 and started her new enterprise, “SINCO”.
In 2004, she published the book “Fleece Dog®” with Bunka Publishing Bureau.
In 2004, made another appearance on the NHK craft TV show, “OSHARE-KOUBOU”.
Fleece Dog® has been introduced all over the world, with the overseas publication of the long-awaited translated version of the same book in England by Mitchell Beazley, and in the United States by C&T Publishing, in 2006.
She is known as the ultimate dog lover…! Her pet, CJ, is a Petite Basset.