25 Facts About Kiko Mizuhara

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.

Kiko Mizuhara has collaborated with Opening Ceremony, and singers Rihanna and Beyonce have worn her designs for the brand.

In 2014, Kiko Mizuhara was listed among the Business of Fashion 500: The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry.

Kiko Mizuhara is the oldest of the two daughters of Song Pal-choong, a Zainichi Korean from Nagasaki, Japan, and Todd Mason Daniel, an American from Texas.

Kiko Mizuhara has a sister named Ashley Yuka Daniel who is 4 years younger than her who works in the modeling industry under the name Yuka Mizuhara.

Kiko Mizuhara moved to Tokyo at age 2 and then to Kobe, Japan, at age 3 with her family.

In 2002, Kiko Mizuhara participated in a contest and won an audition for fashion magazine Seventeen.

In July 2007, Kiko Mizuhara became an exclusive model for fashion magazine ViVi.

Kiko Mizuhara has participated in Nicola Formichetti's first full collection show for Diesel in Venice, Italy.

Kiko Mizuhara has appeared in major Vogue editorials for Vogue Japan, Vogue China, Vogue Taiwan, Vogue Italia, American Vogue, Vogue Girl Japan and L'Uomo Vogue.

Kiko Mizuhara 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.

In 2012, Kiko Mizuhara was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel's The Little Black Jacket campaign.

In December 2013, Kiko Mizuhara participated in the Chanel Metiers d'Art Show in Dallas, Texas.

Kiko Mizuhara starred in the Marc Jacobs Eyewear 2017 ad campaign.

Kiko Mizuhara was welcomed into the Coach family in the same year.

Kiko Mizuhara co-starred in Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood with Kenichi Matsuyama and Rinko Kikuchi.

Kiko Mizuhara played a supporting role in Mika Ninagawa's Helter Skelter, which is based on the award-winning manga of the same name by Kyoko Okazaki.

In 2013, Kiko Mizuhara has made her first small screen appearance in Japanese television series Yae no Sakura.

In 2021, Kiko Mizuhara co-starred in the film Aristocrats, adapted from the novel Ano Ko wa Kizoku by Mariko Yamauchi.

Kiko Mizuhara started her collaboration with Opening Ceremony during Spring 2013 in celebration of the Opening Ceremony flagship store in Japan.

Kiko Mizuhara has produced a collection of headgear that blends Harajuku style with '90s streetwear in collaboration with Opening Ceremony Japan and Harlem-based label Gypsy Sport.

For Opening Ceremony Japan, Kiko Mizuhara collaborated with photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and designer Yoshikasu Yamagata for the opening of the brand's first branch in Osaka, Japan.

Kiko Mizuhara teamed up with LA-based label UNIF in 2017 to launch a spring collection inspired by Kiko Mizuhara's love of retro clothing, featuring a line-up of 90s pieces.

In 2018, Office Kiko Mizuhara announced a new line of boots and shoes in collaboration with the Esperanza, a Japanese footwear company catering to young women.

Kiko Mizuhara stated in an interview with NBC News that she has previously dated women, something that influenced her portrayal of Rei in Ride or Die.