Kōki (model)


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

Early life

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

Career

Prior to debuting professionally, Kōki had written three songs for her mother Shizuka Kudo's album, Rin, in 2017, as well as for Mika Nakashima. 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, and Nylon Japan, and Vivi. In August 2018, she became Japan's youngest ambassador for the luxury brand Bvlgari. In October 2018, Kōki appeared in her first commercial, endorsing products from Otsuka Pharmaceutical.
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. Kōki also wrote the song. Kōki made her runway debut at the 2019 Paris Fashion Week, representing Chanel.

Discography

As featured artist

Songwriting credits

Awards and accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominated WorkResult
201323rd Yamano Junior Flute ContestExcellence AwardHerself
2018Elle Cinema AwardsRising Star AwardHerself
2018Yahoo! Search Grand PrixModel CategoryHerself