Career Kawabe was involved in the Sailor Moon Musicals in 2000 when she was 12. She played Sailor Mercury and participated in five productions including the 10th anniversary special in 2002. She made guest appearances at Fan Kansha and released a DVD called
Sera Myu. Afterwards, she handed her Sailor Mercury role to Wakayama Manami, but got involved in the live-action
Sailor Moon drama as Naru Osaka in 2003. Since April 2016, she currently works as a certified
Pilates instructor.
Personal life Kawabe married producer Masato Ochi on August 8, 2008, and started using the name during that time they were married in both public and personal activities. After 7 years of marriage, the couple amicably divorced in 2015. They have one daughter, who is under Ochi's custody. Shortly after divorcing, she went back to using her maiden last name, but with different characters. In November 2020, she announced on her blog the registration of her second marriage to an orthopedic doctor 5 years older after meeting in one of Kawabe's Pilates lessons. They celebrated their wedding in June 2021 at her husband's hometown in
Hokkaido. On June 1, 2022, she gave birth to her second daughter. == Discography ==