She used to do a lot of live action roles under the name Ayumi Nagashii (永椎 あゆみ). She later became an idol under the name Kanori Kadomatsu (角松 かのり) appearing in men's magazines and V-Cinema. Many films contained much violence, sex and nudity. She tried to break out of the genre and briefly changed her name back to Ayumi Nagashii (永椎 あゆ美). She began with voice work and in November 1, 1998 she began to mainly focus on voice acting and changed her name to Ryōka Yuzuki.