Izumi Inamori was born and grew up in
Kagoshima Prefecture. After finished from the local high school, Inamori went to
University of Texas at Arlington to study English abroad. After a year and a half of school life in the United States, her family was poor so she returned to Japan, and soon started her career as a model locally at the age of 20 in 1992. In 1994, she made her film debut in the TV drama series "
Ue o muite arukō!". She is also a first dan
kendoka. ==Filmography==