Nonoka Yamaguchi (山口乃々華, ''Yamaguchi Nonoka'', born March 8, 1998) is a Japanese dancer, actress and model. She is a former member of

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group

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and represented with LDH.

Early life

Yamaguchi was born on March 8, 1998 in

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, Japan. She started her modeling career as a child after winning the special award for reader model of the magazine ''Shogaku shinensei (小学四年生)'' in 2007. A year later, she also won the semi-grand prix award for reader model of the magazine ''Shogaku gonensei'' ''(小学五年生)''. Prior to auditioning for LDH, she started having training classes at EXPG Tokyo in 2009. In 2010, Yamaguchi won the grand prix award at the ''18th Pichi Lemon Audition'', and started working as an exclusive model for the magazine ''

Pichi Lemon was a Japanese fashion magazine published by Gakken. The magazine targets girls from early- to mid-teens. The magazine was known for its models (called "Pichimo" as an abbreviation for "Pichi Lemon model"), as well as its abundance of fashion a ...

''.

Career

In 2011, she participated of the ''EXILE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 3 ~For Girls~'' in the dance section and successfully passed the audition and became part of the non-debuted dance group ''bunny'' as a performer. On August 23, 2012, she was announced as an official member of

as part of ''bunny''. In July, 2013, Yamaguchi made acting debut on the TV drama ''Ashita no Hikari wo Tsukame -2013 Natsu-''. In December, 2014, she graduated from ''Pichi Lemon'', appearing for the last time as an exclusive model of the magazine in the January 2015 issue. In June 2018 Yamaguchi attended the red carpet event of the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), at which the ''Utamonogatari - Cinema Fighters Project -'', in which she participated as an actress, premiered. On December 22, 2019, with the announcement of E-girls' disbandment set for around the end of 2020, it was revealed that Yamaguchi would focus on acting and modeling activities afterwards. In 2020, she will take on her first leading role in the live-action adaption of the manga ''

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''. She will star as Kae Serinuma, a

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that suddenly gets the attention of four popular boys in her high school. Furthermore, Yamaguchi was chosen to narrate a documentary about the success of fellow LDH group Girls² titled ''Girls² ~The Miracle of 9~'' which will air on

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on March 22 and March 29.

Filmography

''To see her appearances with E-girls, see
E-girls E-girls (sometimes stylized as E-Girls or e-girls; stands for Exile Girls) was a Japanese collective girl group created and managed by LDH while signed to music label Rhythm Zone from Avex. As of 2017, the band consisted of 11 members; 8 of wh ...
''

TV Dramas

Films

Stage

Internet programs

Commercials

Music videos

Other work

Essay serialization

Magazines

Runways

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yamaguchi, Nonoka 1998 births Living people Japanese child actresses Japanese female dancers Japanese television actresses LDH (company) artists Japanese female models People from Saitama Prefecture Japanese film actresses