Her father is playwright of Taichi Yamada . After graduating from International Christian University in 1986, she joined Fuji Television and has consistently been engaged in drama production. In the 1991 hit drama, "The 101st Proposal " in the sixth episode, the hero who plays Takeda Tetsuya jumped in front of the truck and is also known as a director directing the scene shouting "I will not die!"

In 2006, she made her film directorial debut with " Chek Laccio !! ".

In the 2008 drama " Wind Garden ", she directed all 11 episodes by herself. It is unusual in the world of television dramas usually shared by a couple of directors. Through the production of this work, she received the 63rd (FY2009) Cultural Agency Arts Festival Broadcast Individual Award. Also won the 2008 WWM award.

Through the organization Production Department drama production center director in charge of Director , 2012 June 28, incumbent dated.

In 2013, it won an art prize freshmen prize by directing " second love from the end " . Director who is familiar with the characteristics that can image the fine (drowning) fluctuation of the air between people and people, and expresses the danger of human relations with magnificence " . Father Yamada Taichi also won the same prize in " each autumn " in 1974, becoming a winner of two parents and two children. --source ja wikipedia Edit Biography