Honoka Yahagi

Honoka Yahagi
矢作穂香
Yahagi at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2017
Born (1997-03-07) March 7, 1997 (age 27)
Other namesHonoka Miki
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2010–present
AgentKen-On
Known forKamen Rider OOO
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo
Websiteameblo.jp/honoka19737

Honoka Yahagi (Japanese: 矢作 穂香, Hepburn: Yahagi Honoka, born March 7, 1997), formerly known as Honoka Miki (未来 穂香, Miki Honoka), is a Japanese actress, fashion model and voice actress. Yahagi is best known for her role as Kotoko Aihara in Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo and its sequel Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Okinawa as Kotoko Irie. She's also known for portarying Mezool in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider OOO.

Early life

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Yahagi was born on 7 March 1997 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.[1] Yahagi was first scouted while visiting Disneyland with her family in 2008. In April 2009, Yahagi began working as an exclusive model for teen fashion magazine Love Berry. Yahagi's special skills include classical ballet and her favorite musical group is NEWS and TVXQ

In 2016, Yahagi changed her artist name from Honoka Miki to her birth name Honoka Yahagi because she wanted to honor the name she received from her parents.[2]

Filmography

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TV series

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Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2010 Kamen Rider OOO Mezool TV Asahi Human State [3]
Clone Baby Kanako Aoyagi TBS [4]
2011 Suzuki Sensei Kana Nakamura TV Tokyo Student, Class 2-A
Asu no Hikari o Tsukame 2 Yuka Kagami Tokai TV [5][6]
2012 Toshi Densetsu no Onna Rin Ishibashi TV Asahi Guest, Season 1: Episode 7
Kuro no Onna Kyoshi Natsumi Sudo Fuji TV Guest, Episode 1
2013 Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo Kotoko Aihara [7]
Tenma san ga Yuku Guest, Season 1: Episode 6
Kasuka na Kanojo Kana Okamoto Fuji TV Student, Class 3-2
2014 Bokura wa Minna Shindeiru Akane Yoshino Fuji TV [8]
Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Tokyo Kotoko Irie [9][10]
2017 Kizoku Tantei Maki Gudo Fuji TV Guest ep.10-11
Important Witness private detective" (Juyo Sankounin Tantei) Luna Azuma TV Asahi Guest ep.4 [11]
2018 Seigi no Se Maria Machida NTV Guest ep.2
Hoping to Give You a Big Hug Tonight Riko Saeki dTV
Bokura wa Kiseki de Dekite Iru Kotone Aoyama Fuji TV
2019 Secret Unrequited Love Yurino Tamura TV Asahi
Kaseifu no Mitazono 3 Masako Genkaku Guest ep.4
Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room Aoi Morishita NTV
Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? Nanase Hoshino MBS [12]
2020 Peanut Butter Sandwich Tsubaki Tachibana
Oshaie Sommelier Oshako! Oshako Jageger TV Tokyo
Ginza Kuroneko Monogatari Kansai TV
2022 Short Program Nao Tanimura Amazon Prime Video Episode: "Spring Call" [13]

Film

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Year Title Role Studio Notes Ref
2010 Maria-sama ga Miteru Yumi Fukuzawa Jolly Roger [14]
Neck Yukari Asmik Ace Entertainment Ghost, Sugina's friend
2011 Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful Mezool Toei Human State
2012 The Chasing World 4 Yui Thanks Lab
The Chasing World 5
2013 Suzuki Sensei Movie Kana Nakamura TV Tokyo Student, Class 2-A
The Crone Ayane Next Media Animation
Enoshima Prism Kyōko Video Planning [15]
2014 Hokago Lost Yuki Kadokawa Pictures Episode 1: Little Trip [16]
Finding Adolescence Hasumi Takane Is.Field [17]
2015 Tunnel of Love: The Place For Miracles Hitoha [18]
2017 Hanagatami Mina Ema [19]
2019 Go Away, Ultramarine [20]

Awards

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2013 2nd Annual DramaFever Awards Best Couple (with Yuki Furukawa) ItaKiss: Love in Tokyo Nominated [21]
Best Couple Not Meant to Be (with Yuki Yamada) Nominated
2015 3rd Annual DramaFever Awards Best Couple (with Yuki Furukawa) ItaKiss 2: Love in Tokyo Won [22][23]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile at TV Tokyo". Retrieved 2015-07-29. (in Japanese)
  2. ^ "矢作穂香『矢作穂香 です。』". 矢作穂香オフィシャルブログ「I'm just me.」Powered by Ameba (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  3. ^ "TV Asahi's page on Mezool". Retrieved 2010-11-21. (in Japanese)
  4. ^ Clone Baby Official Casts List. (in Japanese)
  5. ^ Miki Honoka in “Asu no Hikari wo Tsukame” sequel. Tokyograph. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  6. ^ Asu no Hikari o Tsukame Season 2 Official Website.
  7. ^ ItaKiss: Love in Tokyo official website. (in Japanese)
  8. ^ Bokura wa Minna Shindeiru official website.
  9. ^ Itazura na Kiss Manga's New Live-Action Show Gets 2nd Season. Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  10. ^ ItaKiss 2: Love in Tokyo official website. (in Japanese)
  11. ^ Daily Motion [dead link]
  12. ^ "ドラマ「ねぇ先生、知らないの?」矢作穂香、和田雅成らキャスト5名解禁" [Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? drama adds five more cast members, including Masanari Wada, Honoka Yahagi, and others]. Natalie (in Japanese). 2019-11-11. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  13. ^ "板尾創路が川西拓実の父親に、JO1主演ドラマ「ショート・プログラム」全キャスト発表". Natalie (in Japanese). 22 February 2022. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Maria-sama ga Miteru 's Live-Action Film Casted". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  15. ^ Enoshima Prism official website. (in Japanese)
  16. ^ Hokago Lost official website Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine. (in Japanese)
  17. ^ 思春期ごっこ official website Archived 2015-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. (in Japanese)
  18. ^ 『クレヴァニ、愛のトンネル』予告編  Tunnel Of Love: The Place For Miracles, official trailer. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  19. ^ "花筐 HANAGATAMI". eiga.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  20. ^ "いなくなれ、群青". eiga.com. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  21. ^ 2nd Annual DramaFever Awards Nominees and Winners. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  22. ^ Winners of the Third Annual DramaFever Awards[permanent dead link].
  23. ^ Complete list of winners of the Third Annual DramaFever Awards Archived 2015-02-09 at archive.today. Drama Fever. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
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