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Audrie Kiko Daniel (born October 15, 1990), known professionally as Mizuhara Kiko, is an American-born Japanese model, , and .

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 publication. Later, she signed as a model under Vivi and Maquia magazines. Mizuhara made her acting debut in 2010 in Norwegian Wood and has appeared in many Japanese dramas and films. In 2011 and 2013, respectively, she was featured as a singer on 's "The Burning Plain" and in 's "No Way". Mizuhara has collaborated with Opening Ceremony, and singers and Beyoncé 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.


Early life
Mizuhara was born Audrie Kiko Daniel in , , United States. She is the oldest of the two daughters of Song Pal-choong (better known by her Yae Toyama, née Mizuhara), a Zainichi Korean from , Japan, and Todd Mason Daniel, an from Texas. 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. Mizuhara moved to at age 2 and then to , , 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. At age 16, she moved to 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.

Starting 2008 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 to walk for his S/S 2014 Collection at London Fashion Week and at Fashion Designer debut show for in Milan Fashion Week. 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 , . 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 Taiwan, , American Vogue, Vogue Girl Japan and L'Uomo Vogue. She has done covers and spreads for Nylon, Numero, Vivi, Seventeen, , GQ, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel, Maquia Gisele, V Magazine, , Dazed and Confused, Cosmopolitan, Dedicate Magazine, and Jalouse Magazine. Mizuhara has also shot ad campaigns for Diesel, , , , Kitsuné, Tiffany & Co., , etc. She was appointed as a ambassador. In 2012, Mizuhara was photographed by 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. Kiko Mizuhara Stars in Marc Jacobs Eyewear Ad Video thedapifer.com In 2018, she was appointed as the first Asian ambassador for . She was also welcomed into the Coach family in the same year.


Acting
Mizuhara co-starred in Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood (2010) with Kenichi Matsuyama and . She played a supporting role in 's Helter Skelter (2012), which is based on the award-winning of the same name by . She has also played a supporting role in 's I'm Flash! (2012), and co-starred in Keishi Otomo's Platinum Data with Kazunari Ninomiya.

In 2013, Mizuhara has made her first small screen appearance in Japanese television series Yae no Sakura. In 2014, she starred in the drama Shitsuren Chocolatier and played as a witch doctor in , filmed in , , where she spoke .

In 2015, she was part of the main cast of the Japanese drama Kokoro ga Pokitto ne ( Crazy For Me) and portrayed in the live action adaptation of Attack on Titan. In 2021, Mizuhara co-starred in the film Aristocrats, adapted from the novel Ano Ko wa Kizoku by Mariko Yamauchi.


Designing
Mizuhara started her collaboration with Opening Ceremony during Spring 2013 in celebration of the Opening Ceremony flagship store in Japan. The collection was inspired by 1920s Paris creating a collection of très jolies blouses, lingerie, and frilled short-shorts. In the same year, she entitled her fashionwear collection "Bad Girl of the 90s" , which included the famous pizza outfit worn by Beyoncé and other items she designed worn by and other celebrities. Mizuhara has also produced a collection of headgear that blends style with '90s streetwear in collaboration with Opening Ceremony Japan and Harlem-based label . In 2014, Mizuhara launched her Spring/Summer "Girlfriend of the Rockstar" collection and the 1980s-inspired "Disco Bowling" collection was released for Fall/Winter. For Opening Ceremony Japan, Mizuhara collaborated with photographer and designer Yoshikasu Yamagata for the opening of the brand's first branch in , Japan.

Mizuhara teamed up with LA-based label UNIF in 2017 to launch a spring collection inspired by Mizuhara’s love of retro clothing, featuring a line-up of 90s pieces. Some items from this collection were worn by members of the K-pop group in their music video for "As If It's Your Last". Other celebrities who have worn her items from this collection include Brown Eyed Girls members Ga-In and .

In 2016, Mizuhara established Kiko Co., Ltd. (commonly referred to as “Office Kiko”). The following year, she launched her own designer brand called “OK”. In its first year of operation, “OK” already landed several high-profile collaborations, creating fashion, art, and lifestyle products. In 2018, Office Kiko announced a new line of boots and shoes in collaboration with the Esperanza, a Japanese footwear company catering to young women.


Personal life
Mizuhara has been in a relationship with American musician John Carroll Kirby since 2022. She stated in an interview with that she has previously dated women, something that influenced her portrayal of Rei in Ride or Die. Describing herself, Mizuhara said: “I love fashion. I'm a cat lover, I also enjoy scuba diving and I love nature.”


Filmography

Film
  • Norwegian Wood (2010)
  • Helter Skelter (2012)
  • I'm Flash! (2012)
  • Platina Data (2013)
  • (2014)
  • (2015),
  • The Kodai Family (2016), Shigeko Kōdai
  • Nobunaga Concerto (2016),
  • Tornado Girl (2017), Akari Amami
  • The Blue Hearts (2017)
  • Malu (2020)
  • Aristocrats (2021), Miki
  • Ride or Die (2021), Rei
  • Adabana (2024)


Television
  • Yae's Sakura (2013), Yamakawa Sutematsu
  • Shitsuren Chocolatier (2014), Erena Katō
  • Nobunaga Concerto (2014),
  • Crazy for Me (2015)
  • Kazoku no Katachi (2016), Haruka
  • The Good Wife (2016)
  • Uso no Sensou (2017)
  • (2019)


Animation
  • (2016), Naomi Drunk


Discography

Guest appearances
  • – "The Burning Plain" from Sunny (2011)
  • – "No Way" from Neven (2013)
  • Mademoiselle Yulia - "Harajuku Wander" from Whatever Harajuku (2013)
  • – "I Feel It Coming ft. Daft Punk" from Starboy (2016)
  • The Internet - "La Di Da" from Hive Mind (2018)


Awards and recognition
  • 54th Fashion Editors Club of Japan Awards: Model of the Year
  • 2012 Japan Fashion Leader Awards
  • 2014 SOHU Fashion Awards: Asian Fashion Icon of the Year


Bibliography
  • Kiko (2010)
  • Girl (2012)
  • Kiko Mizuhara Model and Actress Fashionable Selby by Todd Selby, Abrams, New York, (2014)
  • A Winter Diary by Julien Levy, New York, (2014)


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