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Rikako Yagi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Yagi.

Rikako Yagi (八木莉可子, Yagi Rikakō, born July 7, 2001), is a Japanese model and actress.

Rikako Yagi
Born (2001-07-07) July 7, 2001 (age 23)
Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2016–present
AgentAsia Cross
Modeling information
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Hair colorblack
Eye colorbrown
Japanese name
Kanji八木莉可子
Hiraganaやぎ りかこ
Transcriptions
RomanizationYagi Rikakō

Personal life and education

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Rikako Yagi was born on July 7, 2001, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Before moving to Tokyo in 2020 to attend university, she lived in her hometown of Shiga, where she balanced her studies with her acting and modeling career. She is skilled in rhythmic gymnastics after having practiced it for six years during elementary school.[1] Her special skill is calligraphy, for which she has an eighth-degree rank.[2]

Yagi shared the news of her university graduation on Instagram on April 9, 2024.[3] She also disclosed that she had finished her graduation thesis, the concept was in titled Modern Society as Seen by Spider-Man.[4]

Career

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In 2015 , Yagi was selected as the grand prize winner among 7,851 applicants at the "Next Asia Cross Model Audition", the first large-scale model audition held by Asia Cross. She also won a contarct with fashion magazine ViVi and multinational electronics company Panasonic.

On April 14, 2016, it was announced that she would be the brand model for Pocari Sweat by Otsuka Pharmaceutical.[5][6] In July, she made her acting debut in the Saturday television drama The Girl Who Leapt Through Time on Nippon Television.[7] In the same month, she was selected as a finalist in the "Miss Seventeen" contest for the August issue of Seventeen to which she was chosen as "Miss Seventeen 2016" becoming an exclusive model for the said magazine.[8]

In May 24, 2017, she starred in the seventh episode of the drama &Bishoujo NEXT GIRL meets Tokyo [ja], marking her first lead role in a television drama.[9]

In March 2021, she "graduated" from being an exclusive model for Seventeen.[10] On November 9 of the same year, she starred in her first terrestrial drama called Campus de Aiou!, which was broadcast to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the opening of the NHK Otsu Broadcasting Station. In the same month, she made her first film appearance in the movie Spaghetti Code Love.[11]

On May 27, 2022, she released her first photo book, "pitter-patter," a special edition limited to 3,000 copies, which was shot over the course of three and a half years from the ages 17 to 20.[12][13] Later, a photo exhibition including unpublished works was held on July first.[14] On August 21, Yagi made her first appearance in the NHK taiga drama, The 13 Lords of the Shogun, as Kiku.[15] On November 24 of the same year, she attracted much attention after portraying the heroine as a teen, played by Hikari Mitsushima, in the Netflix original drama First Love.[16]

On February 8, 2023, she made her first appearance in NHK's asadora drama series, Maiagare!.[17] On August 26 of the same year, she starred in the spin-off drama, The Summer Without Songs, based off of the character she portrayed in Maiagare!.[18]

In January 2024, she was appointed as the Japan brand ambassador for the luxury fashion house Dior.[19] She then appeared in Nippon Broadcasting System's 70th Anniversary celebration stage performance Kamogawa Horumo, Once More [ja] which was performed at the Sunshine theater on April 12.[20] In October of the same year, she co-starred with Ryo Ryusei in the NTV Saturday drama Undercover Brother and Sister Special Fraud Investigator, her first lead role in a primetime drama series.[21]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 Spaghetti Code Love [ja] Kurosu Rin [22]
2021 Homestay Takasaki Mizuki [23]
Mr. Osomatsu Haru [24]
2023 Ichikei no Karasu Megumi Sagara [25]

Television drama

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Asami Onishi [7]
2017 &Bishoujo NEXT GIRL meets Tokyo Kanzaki Riko Episode 7; lead role [9]
We Did It Haru Masubuch [26]
2018 Cheer☆Dance Yuki Yanagisawa [27]
2021 Anonymous ~Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Countermeasures Room~ Sanada Kozue [28]
One More Shiho Yamazaki [29]
See You on Campus! Minami Ishiyama Lead role [30]
2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun Kiku Taiga drama [15]
Mugonkan [ja] Yukie [31]
Kurosagi Michiru Emoto Episode 2 [32]
2023 Maiagare! Akizuki Fumiko Asadora [17]
The Summer Without Songs Akizuki Fumiko Asadora; lead role [18]
A Galaxy Next Door Goshiki Shiori [33]
Ya Boy Kongming! Kuon Nanami [34]
2024 GTO Revival Suzuka Ichikawa [35]
Undercover Brother and Sister Special Fraud Investigator Yuki Watarase Lead role [36]

Music Video

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Year Artist Song Notes Ref.
2021 Kirinji Twilight ft. Maika Loubté [37]
2022 Uru I'm by your side [38]
Yūzō Kayama The Sea Made Me a Man [39]

Advertisment

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  • Edwin (2016)–Image model[40]
  • 55th "Sendenkaigi Award" (2017, Sendenkaigi )–Image model[41]
  • Kyoto Kimono Yuzen (2018)–Image model[42]

Bibliography

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Photobook

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  • Pitter-patter (May 27, 2022, Seigensha) ISBN 978-4-86152-893-4[12]

References

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