Sachiko Furuya was born in Chiba, Japan. She currently resides in Honolulu, Hawaii and resided in Seattle, Washington before moving to Honolulu. She attended the college of arts at Nihon University and the Suidobata Fine Arts Academy in Tokyo, Japan. She has a Studio Arts Degree from Clark University in Dubuque, Iowa and a master's degree in psychology from Saybrook University. She is a renowned pottery artist and painter in Seattle and has exhibited her work in galleries and museums in the United States and Japan since 1997. She has worked in child development and immigrant consulting for several years.