is a Japanese

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and ''

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''. She is better known by her stage name Yukipoyo (ゆきぽよ). She is represented by her agency ''VIP Models Agency''. Kimura's father is

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ese, her mother is half

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and half

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. Kimura debuted as a ''reader model'' for the

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, ''

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'' in 2012. She also thrived on the video platform ''

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'', with over 60 million total views. She was a participant of '' The Bachelor Japan'', aired on

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in 2017 and ''

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'' in 2018. By late 2018, Kimura had become active as a

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, with numerous appearances on various variety programs.

Media

Television

(

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) * (

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) * (Nippon TV) * (

Yomiuri TV JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the subsidiary of the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun#Yomiuri Group, Yomi ...

) * (Nippon TV) * (Nippon TV)

Web series

* (

, 2017-2018)

Photobooks

* (2019/01/18)

DVD

* YukipoyoTube (2019/02/17)

References

External links

* * * - ''Yukipoyo's "Chippoyo TV!"'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimura, Yuki Japanese television personalities Japanese female models Japanese people of Filipino descent 1996 births People from Kanagawa Prefecture Living people Japanese female YouTubers Japanese YouTubers