| Kōki | |
| Birth Name: | Mitsuki Kimura |
| Birth Date: | February 5, 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Years Active: | 2018–present |
| Agent: | Purple Inc., The Society Management[1] |
| Height Cm: | 170 |
| Relatives: | Cocomi (sister) |
, known professionally as Kōki (stylized as Kōki,),[2] is a Japanese model and songwriter.
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, Koki 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 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] Kōki also wrote the song.[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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ox-Head Village | Shion / Kanon | Lead role | [19] |
| 2024 | Touch | Young Miko | ||
| 2025 | True Beauty: Before | Reina Tanikawa | Lead role | [20] |
| True Beauty: After | Reina Tanikawa | Lead role | [21] | |
| TBA | Tornado | Tornado | Filming | [22] |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | ||||||
| Oricon | Hot 100 [23] | |||||
[24] | 2019 | 12 | 22 | TBA | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||||
| Year | Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
| 2017 | Rin | Shizuka Kudo | "Hagane no Mori" [25] | ||||
| "Kasumisō" [26] | |||||||
| "Time After Time"[27] | |||||||
| 2018 | Mika Nakashima | "Yume" [28] | |||||
| 2019 | Daichi Miura | "Katasumi" | |||||
| "Corner"[29] | Uta, Daichi Miura | ||||||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 23rd Yamano Junior Flute Contest | Excellence Award | Herself | ||
| 2018 | Elle Cinema Awards | Rising Star Award | Herself | [30] | |
| Yahoo! Search Grand Prix | Model Category | Herself | [31] | ||
| 2022 | 47th Hochi Film Awards | Best New Artist | Ox-Head Village | [32] | |
| 2023 | 77th Mainichi Film Awards | Best New Actress | [33] | ||
| 65th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Newcomer | [34] | |||