- In 1988, she was nominated for two Tony Awards for the Broadway version of "M. Butterfly" as Best Scenic Designer and Best Costume Designer.
- She designed uniforms for the Canadian, Japanese, Spanish and Swiss teams at the 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as the logo for the Houston (Texas) Rockets.
- Most acclaimed designer in Japan. Designed the official poster for the Expo 1970 in Japan. Won a Grammy Award for the design of a Miles Davis record cover.
- Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996.
- She was honored with a Google doodle on July 12, 2017, which would have been her 79th birthday.
- She attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. She got her start in advertising with the cosmetics company Shiseido, and struck out on her own a decade later.
- Her father was a graphic designer, and warned her about trying to succeed in Japan's male-dominated world of advertising.
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