Kōki, | |
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Born | Mitsuki Kimura February 5, 2003 |
Nationality | Japanese |
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Years active | 2018-present |
Agent(s) | Purple Inc., The Society Management [1] |
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Parents |
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Relatives | Cocomi Kimura (sister) |
Mitsuki Kimura (木村 光希, Kimura Mitsuki, born February 5, 2003), known professionally as Kōki, is a Japanese model and songwriter.
Mitsuki Kimura was born on February 5, 2003, in Tokyo, Japan to actor Takuya Kimura and singer Shizuka Kudo. [2] She had taken lessons in piano and flute, [3] and won the Excellence Award at the 23rd Yamano Junior Flute Contest. [4] She attended The British School in Tokyo and is fluent in English. [5]
Prior to debuting professionally, Kōki had written three songs for her mother Shizuka Kudo's album, Rin, in 2017, [3] as well as for Mika Nakashima. [2] In May 2018, Koki debuted as a model, appearing in the July 2018 issue of Elle Japon. [6] Kōki has also appeared on covers for fashion magazines such as Numéro Tokyo, [7] Grazia China, [8] Nylon Japan, [9] and Vivi. [10] In August 2018, she became Japan's youngest ambassador for the luxury brand Bulgari. [11] In October 2018, Kōki appeared in her first commercial, endorsing products from Otsuka Pharmaceutical. [12]
In 2019, Kōki 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. [13] Kōki also wrote the song. [14] Kōki made her runway debut at the 2019 Paris Fashion Week, representing Chanel. [15] In 2019, she appeared in the music video of the song "Eternal Love" by Kris Wu as the love interest. [16] In 2022, she starred in the Japanese horror film Ox-Head Village. [17]
Year | Title | Role | Directed by | Notes | Ref. |
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2022 | Ox-Head Village (牛首村) | Shion / Kanon | Takashi Shimizu | Lead role | [18] |
2024 | Touch | TBA | Baltasar Kormákur | Post-production | |
TBA | Tornado | Tornado | John Maclean | Filming |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||
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JPN | ||||||
Oricon |
Hot 100 [19] | |||||
"Katasumi" (片隅) ( Daichi Miura feat. Kōki) [20] |
2019 | 12 | 22 | TBA | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Year | Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | ||
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Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
2017 | Rin | Shizuka Kudo | "Hagane no Mori" (鋼の森) [21] | No | — | Yes | — |
"Kasumisō" (かすみ草) [22] | No | — | Yes | — | |||
"Time After Time" [23] | No | — | Yes | — | |||
2018 | Non-album single | Mika Nakashima | "Yume" (夢) [24] | No | — | Yes | — |
2019 | Daichi Miura | "Katasumi" (片隅) [14] | No | — | Yes | — | |
"Corner" [25] | No | — | Yes | Uta, Daichi Miura |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | 23rd Yamano Junior Flute Contest | Excellence Award | Herself | Won | [4] |
2018 | Elle Cinema Awards | Rising Star Award | Herself | Won | [26] |
Yahoo! Search Grand Prix | Model Category | Herself | Won | [27] | |
2022 | 47th Hochi Film Awards | Best New Artist | Ox-Head Village | Nominated | [28] |
2023 | 77th Mainichi Film Awards | Best New Actress | Nominated | [29] | |
65th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Newcomer | Won | [30] |