Kimiyo Tanaka has taught Japanese at the Foreign Student Center of Ehime University in Matsuyama for more than 10 years and also works as a translator.

She enjoys writing haiku in English as well as in Japanese. She is a member of the group that created and maintains the well-known internet haiku projects "Shiki Internet Haiku Salon" and "Shiki Haikusphere". She is also a translator for the Shiki International Haiku Prize Selection Committee.