Mana Ashida
In 2011, Kanako appeared in Mika Ninagawa's cosplay photoshoot series in the fashion magazine "Zipper" dressed as a bee and a ladybug. She continued to appear as a model in Ninagawa's works in "Mgirl" magazine from Fall/Winter 2011/2012 and again in the issue from Spring/Summer 2013. On April 14, 2012, Kanako succeeded famous child actress Mana Ashida as subhost of the Nippon Television show "Meringue no Kimochi". At that time, neither she nor Momoiro Clover Z was widely known. But when in 2013 it was announced that she would leave the program after almost a year and a half, there were worries that it would affect the popularity of the show. In August 2013, Kanako became the first person to appear on both the front and back covers of an issue of "QuickJapan" magazine, which also published a lengthy interview with her.