Nonoka Yamaguchi

Nonoka Yamaguchi (山口乃々華, Yamaguchi Nonoka, born March 8, 1998)^[1] is a Japanese dancer, actress, and model. She is a former member of J-Pop group E-girls under LDH.

Nonoka Yamaguchi
山口乃々華
Nonoka Yamaguchi in 2016
Born	(1998-03-08) 8 March 1998 (age 27) Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan
Occupation(s)	Dancer, actress, model
Years active	2007-present
Agent	LDH
Musical career
Genres	J-pop, Dance
Labels	Rhythm Zone
Formerly of	E-girls

Early life

Yamaguchi was born on March 8, 1998, in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. She started her modeling career as a child after winning the special award for reader model of the magazine Shogaku shinensei (小学四年生) in 2007. A year later, she also won the semi-grand prix award for reader model of the magazine Shogaku gonensei (小学五年生). Prior to auditioning for LDH, she started having training classes at EXPG Tokyo in 2009. In 2010, Yamaguchi won the grand prix award at the 18th Pichi Lemon Audition, and started working as an exclusive model for the magazine Pichi Lemon.^[2]

Career

In 2011, she participated of the EXILE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 3 ~For Girls~ in the dance section and successfully passed the audition and became part of the non-debuted dance group bunny as a performer.

On August 23, 2012, she was announced as an official member of E-girls as part of bunny.

In July, 2013, Yamaguchi made acting debut on the TV drama Ashita no Hikari wo Tsukame -2013 Natsu-.

In December, 2014, she graduated from Pichi Lemon, appearing for the last time as an exclusive model of the magazine in the January 2015 issue.^[3]

In June 2018 Yamaguchi attended the red carpet event of the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), at which the Utamonogatari - Cinema Fighters Project -, in which she participated as an actress, premiered.^[4]

On December 22, 2019, with the announcement of E-girls' disbandment set for around the end of 2020, it was revealed that Yamaguchi would focus on acting and modeling activities afterwards.^[5][6]

In 2020, she took on her first leading role in the live-action adaption of the manga Kiss Him, Not Me. She starred as Kae Serinuma, a fujoshi that suddenly gets the attention of four popular boys in her high school.^[7][8] Furthermore, Yamaguchi was chosen to narrate a documentary about the success of fellow LDH group Girls² titled Girls² ~The Miracle of 9~ which aired on TV Tokyo on March 22 and March 29.^[9]

Filmography

To see her appearances with E-girls, see E-girls

TV Dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2013	Asu no Hikari o Tsukame -2013 Natsu-	Dance member	Tokai TV/Fuji TV
2014	A Perfect Day for Love Letters / Koibumi Biyori	Kaede Tachibana	NTV	Episode 7; Lead role	[10][11]
2015	High & Low The Story Of S.W.O.R.D	Nonoriki	NTV
2016	High & Low Season 2		NTV
2017	High & Low The DTC		Hulu	Episode 10
2018	Gakeppuchi Hotel!	Maika Nakajima	Hulu	Last Episode	[12][13][14]
2021	Bittomo x Heroine Kirameki Powers!	Makkulala	TV Tokyo		[15]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	High & Low: The Movie	Nonoriki
	Mischievous Kiss the Movie Part 1: High School	Satomi Ishikawa		[16][17][18][19]
2017	Mischievous Kiss the Movie Part 2: Campus			[20][21][22][23]
	Mischievous Kiss the Movie Part 3: Propose			[24][25]
	High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of SKY	Nonoriki		[26][27][28]
	High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission			[26][27][28]
	Wakare Uta	Eriko Togami	Short film
2018	Utamonogatari - Cinema Fighters Project - "Kuu"	Hana	Short film	[29][30][31][32]
2020	Kiss Him, Not Me / Watashi ga Motete Dousunda	Kae Serinuma	Lead role	[7][8][33][34]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	Music recital drama Heaven's Record ~ Blue Sky ~ 2019		[35][36]
2020	Reading drama Book Act "Entertainer Exchange Diary / Geinin koukan nikki"		[37][38]
	Stage play WELL ~View from the bottom of the well~		[39]
2025	Peter Pan	Wendy Darling

Internet programs

Year	Title	Network	Ref.
2019–present	Hotto Hitoiki! Nonoriki Cafe	cookpadLive

Commercials

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2015	Recruit Rikunabi Shingaku	with Anna Ishii	[40][41]
2017	& chouette	with other E-girls members directed by Nicola Formichetti	[42][43]
2019	Samantha Thavasa 25th		[44][45]
	Mister Donut "Tap！Tap！Tapioca！"	with other E-girls members	[46][47]
	Mister Donut "Cotton Snow Candy"
	Yofuku no Aoyama	with other E-girls members	[48]

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist
2009	"Someday" (Kodomo Version)	Exile
2019	"ONE -we are one-"	Samantha Thavasa Family

Other works

Essay serialization

Year	Title	Magazine	Ref.
2019-present	Nonopedia	GINGER web	[49]

Magazines

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2007	Shogaku shinensei (小学四年生)	Reader model
2008	Shogaku gonensei (小学五年生)	Reader model
2010-2015	Pichi Lemon	Exclusive model	[3]

Runways

Year	Title	Season	Ref.
2012	Girls Award	Autumn/Winter	[50]
2014	Tokyo Runway	Spring/Summer	[51]
2017	Girls Award	Autumn/Winter	[52]
2018	Girls Award	Autumn/Winter	[53]

Advertisements

Year	Title	Ref.
2012	PLUS Corporation "norino beans"
2020	Sogo Seibu "HAPPY WHITE DAY FOR ME"