, known professionally as Kōki (stylized as Kōki,), is a Japanese model, songwriter and actress.
Early life
Mitsuki Kimura was born on February 5, 2003, in Tokyo, Japan to actor Takuya Kimura and singer Shizuka Kudo. She had taken lessons in piano and flute, and won the Excellence Award at the 23rd Yamano Junior Flute Contest. She attended The British School in Tokyo and is fluent in English.
Career
Prior to debuting professionally, Kōki had written three songs for her mother Shizuka Kudo's album, Rin, in 2017, as well as for Mika Nakashima. In May 2018, Kōki debuted as a model, appearing in the July 2018 issue of Elle Japon. Kōki has also appeared on covers for fashion magazines such as Numéro Tokyo, Grazia China, Nylon Japan, and Vivi. In August 2018, she became Japan's youngest ambassador for the luxury brand Bulgari. In October 2018, Kōki appeared in her first commercial, endorsing products from Otsuka Pharmaceutical.
In 2019, Kōki wrote and appeared as a featured artist on Daichi Miura's song, "Katasumi", which was used as the opening theme song to the television drama Hakui no Senshi. Kōki made her runway debut at the 2019 Paris Fashion Week, representing Chanel. In 2019, she appeared in the music video of the song "Eternal Love" by Kris Wu as the love interest. In 2022, she starred in the Japanese horror film Ox-Head Village.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes Ref.2022Ox-Head VillageShion / KanonLead role2024TouchYoung Miko2025TornadoTornadoLead roleTrue Beauty: BeforeReina TanikawaLead roleTrue Beauty: AfterReina TanikawaLead role2027Darwin's GameShuka
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref.2026Plastic Beauty
Discography
As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Sales JPN Oricon Hot 100 2019 12 22 TBA "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Songwriting credits
YearAlbumArtistSongLyricsMusic Credited With Credited With 2017 Rin Shizuka Kudo "Hagane no Mori" "Kasumisō" "Time After Time" 2018 rowspan="3" Mika Nakashima "Yume" 2019 Daichi Miura "Katasumi" "Corner" Uta, Daichi Miura
Awards and accolades
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.201323rd Yamano Junior Flute ContestExcellence AwardHerself 2018Elle Cinema AwardsRising Star AwardHerselfYahoo! Search Grand PrixModel CategoryHerself202247th Hochi Film AwardsBest New ArtistOx-Head Village202377th Mainichi Film AwardsBest New Actress65th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Newcomer202518th Asian Film AwardsAFA Rising Star AwardHerself
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