Year-end awards season is in full swing, which means a lot of looking back on the past 12 months. Part of the fun of best-of lists and 2018-in-a-minute thinkpieces is arguing about placement and positioning: Did X really deserve to get so much love? Was Y not actually bloated and overrated?
Fashion magazine Elle Japan sparked one of the season's better debates when it announced the winners of its Elle Cinema Awards. Among the recipients was Mitsuki Kimura, better known as Koki, the youngest daughter of former SMAP member Takuya Kimura and singer-turned-actress Shizuka Kudo. She debuted this year as a model, appearing in ads for energy drinks and becoming a brand ambassador for Bulgari. Capping it all off, she took home the Rising Star Award at the Elle event.
One problem, though: She hasn't appeared in an actual film.