- Struggled to get any acting roles at first when she immigrated to the United States, due to her broken English.
- Daughter of Yûzô Kayama and Megumi Matsumoto (II).
- Granddaughter of Ken Uehara and Yôko Kozakura.
- Sister of Tetsuo Yamashita and Mayuko Azusa.
- Retired from acting in 2010 upon getting married, not wishing to pursue a full-time career as an actress.
- Was working as a full-time model before she briefly transitioned to acting.
- Attended the ACME Acting Lab, a theatre company, while living in New York. She met indie filmmaker D.J. Mendel there, and would collaborate with him on numerous projects.
- Found work as a Broadway stage actress when she first moved to New York.
- Her parents pushed and encouraged her to try and pursue an acting career to follow in her father and grandfather's footsteps, and she first started with Japanese Soap Operas.
- Went by her birth name of Emiko Ikehata for acting until 2006, when she changed it to her stage name, Emi Ikehata.
- Graduated from Keio University in March 2000.
- Her wedding ceremony was held in Nice, the largest resort in France.
- Studied acting at the New York Film Academy and the Acting Studios upon moving to the United States in 2003.
- Is a direct descendant of Japanese Court Noble and Politician Tomomi Iwakura.
- Former Japanese actress Mai Kitajima is her second cousin, twice removed.
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