Kōki (model)

Mitsuki Kimura was born on February 5, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan to actor Takuya Kimura and singer Shizuka Kudo.[1] She had taken lessons in piano and flute,[2] and won the Excellence Award at the 23rd Yamano Junior Flute Contest.[3] She attended The British School in Tokyo and is fluent in English.[4]

Prior to debuting professionally, Kōki had written three songs for her mother Shizuka Kudo's album, Rin, in 2017,[2] as well as for Mika Nakashima.[1] In May 2018, Koki debuted as a model, appearing in the July 2018 issue of Elle Japon.[5] Kōki has also appeared on covers for fashion magazines such as Numéro Tokyo,[6] Grazia China,[7] and Nylon Japan,[8] and Vivi.[9] In August 2018, she became Japan's youngest ambassador for the luxury brand Bvlgari.[10] In October 2018, Kōki appeared in her first commercial, endorsing products from Otsuka Pharmaceutical.[11]

In 2019, Kōki appeared as a featured artist on Daichi Miura's song, "Katatsumi", which was used as the opening theme song to the television drama Hakui no Senshi.[12] Kōki also wrote the song.[13] Kōki made her runway debut at the 2019 Paris Fashion Week, representing Chanel.[14]