If you know Natsuko only as a singer, you may not know her Karate side. Please visit www.karyukaikarate.com to find out more! She is a 3rd dan Karate practitioner and competitor. She came 5th in the Female Open Kata section of the 2006 SKIF world championship. She is also an Australian government accredited Karate instructor.

If you know Natsuko only on a professional basis, her witty views of world can be found via her essay written in Japanese. You will need a password to read. Please request the password if you wish to read this.

If you know Natsuko only as a Japanese Art Song singer, Natsuko also sings Opera (Coloratura) and Lieder. She is also currently learning Musical Theatre singing now. If you are curious to hear her singing different genres, please contact her so that she can send you sample recordings.

And if you want to know little about her family - she has a legendary grandmother of 92 years old, a crazy Aikido practitioner mother who used to be a Japanese language teacher at UWA. They both now live in Tokyo.

Natsuko currently lives with a handsome Chinchilla cat called Asha. He was found on a street in a northern suburb called Coberg in 2001. Asha has traveled with Natsuko to Japan, Holland and back to Australia. A legendary cat!

Natsuko has been living in share accommodations since 1994 in Perth, Melbourne and Amsterdam. She has lived with more than 70 people in her life. Nationalities of her roommates :Mostly Japanese, Australian, NZ, French, Thai and Malaysian.