Kiko Mizuhara
Mizuhara at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019
Born Audrie Kiko Daniel
October 15, 1990 (age 33)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Other names Kiko Mizuhara
Noriko Daniel
Occupations – Model, Actress, Singer and designer
Years active 2002–present
Parents Todd Daniel (father)
Yae Toyama (mother)
Relatives Yuka Mizuhara [ja] (sister)
Modeling information
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown
Audrie Kiko Daniel (born October 15, 1990), known professionally as Kiko Mizuhara (水原 希子, Mizuhara Kiko), is an American-born Japanese model, actress, singer and designer who has lived in Japan since childhood.
Kiko Mizuhara started her modeling career at the age of twelve when she entered an audition contest for Seventeen magazine in which readers selected their favorite new face for the magazine.[6] Later, she signed as a model under ViVi and MAQUIA magazine.[7] Mizuhara made her acting debut in 2010 in Norwegian Wood[8] and has appeared in many Japanese dramas and films. In 2011 and 2013, respectively, she was featured as a singer in Towa Tei’s “The Burning Plain” and in M-Flo’s “No Way” track from their Neven album. Mizuhara has collaborated with Opening Ceremony, and singers Rihanna[9] and Beyoncé[10] have worn her designs for the brand. In 2014, Mizuhara was listed among the Business of Fashion 500: The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry.[11]
Early life
Mizuhara was born Audrie Kiko Daniel in Dallas, Texas, United States.[12] She is the oldest of the two daughters of Song Pal-choong (better known by her Japanese alias Yae Toyama, née Mizuhara),[12] a Zainichi Korean from Nagasaki, Japan, and Todd Mason Daniel,[12] an American from Texas.[13][14] She has a sister named Ashley Yuka Daniel who is 4 years younger than her who also works in the modeling industry under the name Yuka Mizuhara.[15] Mizuhara moved to Tokyo at age 2 and then to Kobe, Japan, at age 3 with her family. When she was 13 years old, her parents divorced and her father moved back to the United States.
Career
Modeling
In 2002, Mizuhara participated in a contest and won an audition for fashion magazine Seventeen. At the audition, she was picked as Miss Seventeen and became an exclusive model for Seventeen for the next 3 years.[16] 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.[citation needed]
Starting 2008 Kiko Mizuhara has been a regular runway model at the Tokyo Girls Collection.[17] Her international runway debut was at The Paris Collections in Olympia Le Tan’s Spring/Summer 2014 Show.[18] 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[19] and at Fashion Designer Jeremy Scott debut show for Moschino in Milan Fashion Week.[20] 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.[21] She has also participated in Nicola Formichetti’s first full collection show for Diesel in Venice, Italy.[22] In 2017, Kiko Mizuhara walked for Alexander Wang (designer) S/S 2018 Ready-to-Wear collection at New York Fashion Week.
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, and Jalouse Magazine. Mizuhara has also shot ad campaigns for Diesel, Phillip Lim, Vivienne Tam, Reebok, Kitsuné, Tiffany & Co., Shiseido, etc. She was appointed as a Chanel ambassador. In 2012, Mizuhara was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel’s The Little Black Jacket campaign. In December 2013, Mizuhara participated in the Chanel Metiers d’Art Show in Dallas, Texas.
Mizuhara starred in the Marc Jacobs Eyewear 2017 ad campaign.[23] In 2018, she was appointed as the first Asian ambassador for Dior. She was also welcomed into the Coach family in the same year.
Acting
Mizuhara in 2015
Mizuhara co-starred in Tran Anh Hung’s Norwegian Wood (2010) with Kenichi Matsuyama and Rinko Kikuchi.[24][25] She played a supporting role in Mika Ninagawa’s Helter Skelter (2012), which is based on the award-winning manga of the same name by Kyoko Okazaki.[26] She has also played a supporting role in Toshiaki Toyoda’s I’m Flash! (2012),[27][28] and co-starred in Keishi Otomo’s Platinum Data with Kazunari Ninomiya.[29] In addition to her films, Mizuhara played as a witch doctor in Trick The Movie: Last Stage (2014)[30] where she spoke Bahasa as the mo
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