Kiko Mizuhara

Kiko Mizuhara (born Audrie Kiko Daniel, October 15, 1990) is a model, actress, singer and designer of American/Korean descent, active in Japan. She is under Asia Cross Agency with models Angelababy, Eimi Kuroda and Hu Bing. Mizuhara speaks three languages: Japanese, English and a little bit of Korean. Recently, she has also been starting to learn Chinese. Kiko Mizuhara started off her modeling career at the age of twelve when she entered into a audition contest for Seventeen Magazine in which magazine readers selected their favorite new face for the magazine. Later on, she signed as a model under ViVi and MAQUIA Magazine. Mizuhara had her debut as an actress in 2010 for Norwegian Wood and from that year on, she has been continuously appearing in the big screen and has been part of Japanese dramas Yae no Sakura, Shitsuren Chocolatier and Nobunaga Concerto. In 2011 and 2013 respectively, she has been featured as a singer in Towa Tei's "The Burning Plain" and in M-Flo's No Way track under their Neven album. Mizuhara has also done a collaboration with Opening Ceremony where singers Rihanna and Beyonce have worn her designs. To date, she has already teamed up with the said clothing line for the fourth time earning her rank as an upperclassmen of Opening Ceremony collaborators. In 2014, Mizuhara has been listed as part of the Business of Fashion 500: The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry. Early life Her father is a Caucasian American and her mother is Zainichi Korean. She was born in Dallas, Texas and moved to Kobe, Japan at age 2 with her family. She has a sister named Ashley Yuka who is 4 years younger than her who also happens to be in the modeling industry. When she was 13, her parents got divorced and her father moved back to the US. In 2003, Kiko Mizuhara participated in a contest and won audition for fashion magazine Seventeen. At the audition, she was picked as Miss Seventeen and became an exclusive model for the said magazine for the next 3 years. At age 16, she moved to Tokyo alone, living separately from her mother and sister in Kobe to advance her career in modeling. In July 2007, Kiko Mizuhara became an exclusive model for fashion magazine ViVi. Career Modelling Starting 2008 until 2013 Kiko Mizuhara has been a regular runway model at the Tokyo Girls Collection. Her international runway debut was at The Paris Collections in Olympia Le Tan’s Spring/Summer 2014 Show. In the same year, Mizuhara was invited by British Fashion Designer Nasir Mazhar to walk for his S/S 2014 Collection at London Fashion Week and at Fashion Designer Jeremy Scott debut show for Moschino in Milan Fashion Week. Considering her experiences in runways, Mizuhara was chosen to open and close the Fall/Winter 2014 Show of Sretsis, a Thai-brand clothing line, during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Tokyo. She has also participated in Nicola Formichetti's first full collection show for Diesel in Venice, Italy. Aside from her runway experiences, Mizuhara has graced numerous magazine covers and features not only in Japan but also in Asia and Europe. She has appeared in major Vogue editorials for Vogue Japan, Vogue China, Vogue Taiwan, Vogue Italia, American Vogue, Vogue Girl Japan and L'Uomo Vogue. She has done covers and spreads for Nylon, Numero, Vivi, Seventeen, Grazia, GQ, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel, MAQUIA, GISELe, V Magazine, Another Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Cosmopolitan, Dedicate Magazine, Jalouse Magazine etc. Being a top it-girl in their country, she has filmed advertisements locally and internationally which made her known by huge fashion people such as Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Anna Dello Russo etc. Mizuhara has also shot ad campaigns for Diesel, Phillip Lim, Vivienne Tam, Reebok, Kitsuné, Tiffany & Co., Shiseido etc. She has also been appointed as a CHANEL ambassador making her way to receive VIP and front row invitations for fashion week and all other events of the brand. In 2012, Mizuhara has been photographed by Karl Lagerfeld himself for CHANEL's The Little Black Jacket campaign. Dec 2013 Kiko Mizuhara participated in the Chanel Metiers d'Art Show in Dallas, Texas. Acting Mizuhara co-starred in Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood (2010) with Kenichi Matsuyama and Rinko Kikuchi. She played a supporting role in Mika Ninagawa's Helter Skelter (2012), which is based on the award-winning comic of the same name by Kyoko Okazaki. She has also played a supporting role in Toshiaki Toyoda's I'm Flash! (2012). and co-starred in Keishi Otomo's Platinum Data with Kazunari Ninomiya. In addition to her films, Mizuhara played as a witch doctor in Trick The Movie: Last Stage(2014) where she spoke Bahasa as the movie was filmed in Kuching, Malaysia. In July 2014, Mizuhara was announced to part of the live action Attack on Titan set to be released in summer (2015) Mizuhara has made her first appearance in the small screen in the Japanese television series Yae no Sakura. In January 2014, she starred in the drama Shitsuren Chocolatier and currently appearing in Nobunaga Concerto. Personal life Mizuhara has been in an on-and-off relationship with South Korean rapper G-Dragon since 2010. Pictures of the two emerged in 2014, sparking intense media scrutiny. The pair have yet to confirm or deny the relationship, with G-Dragon's label YG Entertainment stating that they "try to respect their artists’ privacy, so there is nothing we can say about this."