On the runway, ESIE was the youth magazine Non-No's muse at the age of sixteen. She also works for some Tokyo fashion shows and has been part of advertising campaigns for the brand L'OREAL.
On the stage, ESIE started out as part of the trio Desire Note in 1997. The unit mixed electronic tunes with traditional Japanese sounds. As a solo artist, she released her first maxi-single overseas, Behind my skin, in April 2009. She then played a few times in France, notably during the famous French festival Printemps de Bourges. Her first maxi-single was released in Japan in September of the same year.
On December 2010 she released her first album, POETIC, followed by the single Show Me Your Soul in May 2011, both as iTunes releases.