Nao Kosaka
Biography
Nao Kosaka (小坂菜緒) is a Japanese singer, model, and actress born on September 7, 2002, in Osaka, Japan. She is a member of the female idol group Hinatazaka46, which was formerly the subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46 of Keyakizaka46. Kosaka passed the group's auditions on August 13, 2017, joining as a second‑generation member and debuted on the B‑side track “No War in the Future” for the single “Kaze ni Fukarete mo.” She began modeling for the fashion magazine Seventeen, becoming an exclusive model after the May 21, 2018 announcement, and made her runway debut at GirlsAward 2018 Spring/Summer on May 19, 2018. According to The Movie Database, she is credited with 36 acting roles.
Career overview
Nao Kosaka is a Japanese actress. She is a member of the female Japanese idol group Hinatazaka46, which she entered as the second generation after passing the auditions for new members of Keyakizaka46's subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46 on August 13, 2017. Kosaka made her debut in the song "No War in the Future", a B-side to "Kaze ni Fukarete mo".
Kosaka has also pursued a career in modeling, making her runway debut at the GirlsAward 2018 SPRING／SUMMER show on May 19, 2018. She was announced as an exclusive model for the female fashion magazine Seventeen on May 21, 2018. Kosaka has been a member of Hinatazaka46 since the group was renamed from Hiragana Keyakizaka46 in February 2019.
Kosaka is known for her acting credits, with 36 known credits. She was born in Osaka, Japan on September 7, 2002.
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- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea (2026) as Mio (voice)
- Strobe Edge (2025) as Sayuri Uehara
- 6th Year Memorial Live (2025) as Herself
- 日向坂46 ARENA TOUR 2025 「MONSTER GROOVE」 (2025)
- 日向坂46「卒業写真だけが知ってる」 Live from Happy Magical Tour 2024 @ 東京ドーム (2025)
- 日向坂46「ひなたフェス2024」 (2024) as Self
- 日向坂46「Happy Magical Tour 2024」 in 東京ドーム (2024)
- Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall (2023) as Herself
- 4th Year Memorial Live (2023)
- 日向坂46 「Happy Smile Tour 2022」 (2022)
- Hope and Despair: Those Tears that Nobody Knows of (2022) as Herself
- HINAKURI 2022 (2022) as Herself
- Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony (2022) as Herself
- W-KEYAKI FES. 2022 「Hinatazaka46」 (2022) as Herself
- JUMP!!：The Heroes Behind the GOLD (2021) as Noriko Kobayashi
- Spring Unit Festival (2021) as Herself
- MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai (2021) as Herself
- This is Hinatazaka46. Can I have a minute? (2020) as Nao Kosaka
- This is Hinatazaka46. Can I have a minute? (2020)
- Dasada (2020) as Sada Yuria
- 大好き！日向坂46！！ (2020)
- HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！ (2020)
- Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46 (2020) as Herself
- Hinatazaka46 Storytellers (2020) as Herself
- Let's Meet at Hinatazaka (2019)
- Let's Meet at Hinatazaka (2019) as Nao Kosaka
- Let's Meet at Hinatazaka (2019) as Kosaka Nao
- HINABINGO! (2019) as Nao Kosaka
- セルフ Documentary of 日向坂46 (2019) as Nao Kosaka
- The Japanese Doll (2019) as Yuri Hirai
- Hinatazaka46 Debut Countdown Live!! (2019)
- HINAKURI 2019 ~Seventeen Santa Clauses and Christmas in the Sky~ (2019)
- Hinatazaka46 3rd Single Release Commemorative One-Man Live (2019) as Herself
- Hiragana Oshi (2018) as Nao Kosaka
- Hiragana Christmas 2018 (2018) as Self
- Ayumi (2018)
- 日向坂46 BRAND NEW LIVE「OVER THE RAINBOW」
- 日向坂46 5回目 ひな誕祭
- 日向坂46 6回目のひな誕祭