She is a member of the Year 24 Flower Group, an exclusive club of female manga artists considered to have revolutionized shojo manga, who were born in the era Showa 24 (1949). Included in this group are Yasuko Aoike,
Moto Hagio,
Keiko Takemiya, Yumiko Oshima, Toshie Kihara, Ryoko Yamagishi, Minori Kimura, Nanae Sasaya, and Mineko Yamada.