Colette was born and raised in San Francisco's Japantown. She began singing professionally at 16 years of age. Her early musical influences are attributed to her late father, Shoei who is noted in the Ukulele Hall of Fame, performing with Eddie Kamae and were known as the Ukulele Rascal’s and performed on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Show and her late mother, Leilani who was a noted hula dancer and instructor dancing with the Ray Kinney Troupe. 

Colette's early singing career included being part of a vocal group singing with the Edwin Hawkins Choir. She participated in the 1st Annual Nihonmachi  Street Fair, singing with a local band known as Lady Red and has also performed with the Asian fusion jazz band, Hiroshima. Throughout the late 80’s, until recently she has been with the acclaimed Bay Area Top 40 band, Pulse. She was a guest performer in the Asian Americans On Broadway, "Opening Doors" musical, being able to fulfill a lifelong dream of singing Broadway songs on stage. She recently performed to a sold out audience at a UCSF benefit concert featuring the music of The Carpenters and received rave reviews.

Today, Colette is focusing on a solo career, singing jazz and R&B, appearing locally throughout the Bay Area. She is also returning to her Hawaiian roots by performing with the local contemporary Hawaiian band, Mana.  

Her debut album, 'Stay Close To Me' is available on J-Town Records.