She began modeling in August 2003 after winning the "Yokohama Shonan Audition 2003" beauty contest, and professionally in April 2004 when she signed a contract with
CanCam. Since 2007, she has appeared in various television shows such as music shows and variety shows, and various television commercials such as those for fashion brand Cecil McBee,
Kyocera,
Morinaga, and
Google. She has also been active in the
runway scene, appearing in large collections such as
Tokyo Girls Collection (
2007 S/S,
2009 A/W,
2010 S/S,
2010 in Okinawa,
2010 A/W,
2011 in Nagoya,
2011 S/S,
2011 A/W,
2012 S/S) and Girls Award (
2010,
2010 A/W,
2011 A/W,
2012 S/S,
2012 A/W). Her exclusive modeling contract for
CanCam ended in April 2012, and subsequently appeared in magazines such as
Classy,
Oggi, and
Gina. She has also appeared in the TV drama
Jun to Ai with
Mokomichi Hayami. Takahashi portrayed
Yumi Komagata in the film
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno, released in 2014. == Filmography ==