Honoka Yahagi

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 portraying Mezool in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider OOO.

Honoka Yahagi
矢作穂香
Yahagi at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2017
Born	(1997-03-07) March 7, 1997 (age 28) Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Other names	Honoka Miki
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2010–present
Agent	Ken-On
Known for	Kamen Rider OOO Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo
Website	ameblo.jp/honoka19737

Early life and career

Yahagi was born on 7 March 1997 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She has an elder brother and sister.^[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 are 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

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Kamen Rider OOO	Mezool	Human State	[3]
	Clone Baby	Kanako Aoyagi		[4]
2011	Suzuki Sensei	Kana Nakamura	Student, Class 2-A
	Asu no Hikari o Tsukame 2	Yuka Kagami		[5][6]
2012	Toshi Densetsu no Onna	Rin Ishibashi	Guest, Season 1: Episode 7
	Kuro no Onna Kyoshi	Natsumi Sudo	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	Student, Class 3-2
2014	Bokura wa Minna Shindeiru	Akane Yoshino		[8]
	Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Tokyo	Kotoko Irie		[9][10]
2017	Kizoku Tantei	Maki Gudo	Guest ep.10-11
	Important Witness private detective" (Juyo Sankounin Tantei)	Luna Azuma	Guest ep.4	[11]
2018	Seigi no Se	Maria Machida	Guest ep.2
	Hoping to Give You a Big Hug Tonight	Riko Saeki
	Bokura wa Kiseki de Dekite Iru	Kotone Aoyama
2019	Secret Unrequited Love	Yurino Tamura
	Kaseifu no Mitazono 3	Masako Genkaku	Guest ep.4
	Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room	Aoi Morishita
	Hey Sensei, Don't You Know?	Nanase Hoshino	[12]
2020	Peanut Butter Sandwich	Tsubaki Tachibana
	Oshaie Sommelier Oshako!	Oshako Jageger
	Ginza Kuroneko Monogatari
2022	Servant	Aki Kitajima		[13]
	Smoke-filled Life	Kaoru Sayama		[14]
	Short Program	Nao Tanimura	Episode: "Spring Call"	[15]
	Popular Indie Creator Nekoyashiki is Making His Yearning for Approval Worse	Koharu Yamada		[16]
	Tepachi	Aoi	Episode 10	[17]
2023	Hitomonchaku Nara Yorokonde	Hitomi Mamoru	Lead role	[18]
	Something's Wrong 2	Saku Minegishi	Episode 7	[19]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2010	Maria-sama ga Miteru	Yumi Fukuzawa		[20]
	Neck	Yukari	Ghost, Sugina's friend
2011	Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful	Mezool	Human State
2012	The Chasing World 4	Yui
	The Chasing World 5
2013	Suzuki Sensei Movie	Kana Nakamura	Student, Class 2-A
	The Crone	Ayane
	Enoshima Prism	Kyōko		[21]
2014	Hokago Lost	Yuki	Episode 1: Little Trip	[22]
	Finding Adolescence	Hasumi Takane		[23]
2015	Tunnel of Love: The Place For Miracles	Hitoha		[24]
2017	Hanagatami	Mina Ema		[25]
2019	Go Away, Ultramarine			[26]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	2nd Annual DramaFever Awards	Best Couple (with Yuki Furukawa)	ItaKiss: Love in Tokyo	Nominated	[27]
		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	[28][29]