Her interest in photography started between 2000 and 2005. During those years she attended a photography school in Osaka, while working at the same time. In 2002 Reiko had her first exhibitions both group and solo shows. In order to improve her photographic work, she moved to Paris in 2005, where she studied art history at the Sorbonne – and where she obtained a master’s degree in Photography and Contemporary Art at the University of Paris.