Kōki (model)

Mitsuki Kimura was born on February 5, 2003, in Tokyo, Japan to actor Takuya Kimura and singer Shizuka Kudo.^[3] She had taken lessons in piano and flute,^[4] and won the Excellence Award at the 23rd Yamano Junior Flute Contest.^[5] She attended The British School in Tokyo and is fluent in English.^[6]

Prior to debuting professionally, Kōki had written three songs for her mother Shizuka Kudo's album, Rin, in 2017,^[4] as well as for Mika Nakashima.^[3] In May 2018, Kōki debuted as a model, appearing in the July 2018 issue of Elle Japon.^[7] Kōki has also appeared on covers for fashion magazines such as Numéro Tokyo,^[8] Grazia China,^[9] Nylon Japan,^[10] and Vivi.^[11] In August 2018, she became Japan's youngest ambassador for the luxury brand Bulgari.^[12] In October 2018, Kōki appeared in her first commercial, endorsing products from Otsuka Pharmaceutical.^[13]

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.^[14][15] Kōki made her runway debut at the 2019 Paris Fashion Week, representing Chanel.^[16] In 2019, she appeared in the music video of the song "Eternal Love" by Kris Wu as the love interest.^[17] In 2022, she starred in the Japanese horror film Ox-Head Village.^[18]