Tamako was born in Hokkaido (Japan). She started her studies of ballet in the Uchiyama Ballet Studio continuing her training later in the Academie de Danse Classique Princess Grace with M. Besobrasova as director.
In 1986 she won the Second Prize in the Prix de Lausanne and two years later, the Fourth Prize in Varna. In 1989, she joined the Stuttgarter Ballet with Marcia Haydée as director, dancing many works of choreographers like G. Balanchine, J. Cranko, J. Neumeier, Petipa, M. Bejart, Jirí Kylián, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe... In 1996, she enrolled in the Deutsche Oper Ballet with Richard Cragun as director.
In September 1999, she joined the Compañía Nacional de Danza.