, known professionally as Kōki, is a Japanese model and songwriter.

Early life

Mitsuki Kimura was born on February 5, 2003, in

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to actor

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and singer

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. She had taken lessons in piano and flute, and won the Excellence Award at the 23rd Yamano Junior Flute Contest. She attended

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and is fluent in English.

Career

Prior to debuting professionally, Kōki had written three songs for her mother

's album, '' Rin'', in 2017, as well as for

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. In May 2018, Koki 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

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. In October 2018, Kōki appeared in her first commercial, endorsing products from

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. In 2019, Kōki appeared as a featured artist on

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's song, "Katasumi", which was used as the opening theme song to the television drama ''Hakui no Senshi''. Kōki also wrote the song. Kōki made her runway debut at the 2019

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, representing

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. In 2019, she appeared in the music video of the song "Eternal Love" by

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as the love interest. In 2022, she starred in the

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film ''Ox-Head Village''.

Filmography

Film

Discography

As featured artist

Songwriting credits

Awards and accolades

References

External links

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