Kira Yamaguchi

## Trivia

> "*In charge of being hyper! The mood maker dance leader*"
> ― Kira's epithet
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**Kira Yamaguchi** (山口綺羅) was born on January 20, 2004. Her representative color is yellow, while her Garugaku/Chuwapane color is light blue.

She shares her name and appearance with her anime version, Kira.

## History

Kira was born in Nagasaki Prefecture to a family of five and has two little siblings, a little sister followed by a little brother, who were both introduced for the first time in their documentary. Her younger sister, Ririka Kayamoto, was one of the contestants to be an Oha Girl in 2022 before later revealing her older sister was Kira on her Instagram story.

Kira is under LDH and is a graduate of EXPG Fukuoka, having also been a part of EXPG Lab and their training unit KIZZY along with Youka Ogawa, Kurea Masuda and Momoka Sumitani.

She joined EXPG Fukuoka in 2nd year middle school in 2017, having been first seen in articles and images around that time. It was also shown that she was part of the "Regular Dance Class" in 2018, even participating in workshops with special guests.

### Etymology

Kira (綺羅) uses the kanji 綺 (Ki; Pretty) and 羅 (Ra; Silk).

Yamaguchi (山口) uses the kanji 山 (Yama; Mountain) and 口 (Guchi; Mouth)

## Career

### Secret x Heroine Phantomirage / Mirage2

While participating in LDH's "The Girl Audition" in 2018 as a part of the Actress Category, Takeshi Miike told the contestants that whoever is a successful applicant in the acting category will receive a part in his works.

After winning, Kira managed to get the role of Saki Asumi for Phantomirage along with Minami Hishida and Toa Harada.

Kira was then announced as a cast member for the 3rd season of the Girls x Heroine series "Secret x Heroine Phantomirage" as Saki Asumi in early 2019. The series began in April of that year which took off her career in acting.

Aside from being a part of the cast, she was a member of the idol unit they released through the series called "Mirage2". Activities with the group lasted for a year.

### Girls2

On March 29, 2019, it was announced that Kira would also become a member of the new unit "Girls2" released from the Girls x Heroine series a combination unit between 'Miracle2', 'Magical2' and 'Mirage2'.

Their debut took place on June 26 with the release "Daijoubu" which was the opening theme for the 3rd season of the Girls x Heroine series "Secret x Heroine Phantomirage'.

Announced through OhaSuta on March 27, 2020, she joined the Oha Suta cast as an Oha Girl. Starting on the week of April 6, 2020, she is the Tuesday Oha Girl. She then graduated from OhaSuta on October 1st, 2021.

Announced on June 21, Misaki and Kira were announced to replace E-girls Yuzuna Takebe and Anna Ishii as the regulars for the BS Fuji morning show "Gachamuku". Their broadcast started in July.

## Filmography

### Movies

 Kiss Him, Not Me
 2021

## References

1. ↑ *LDH Profile*
2. ↑ *EXPG Lab (KIZZY) Profile*
3. ↑ *GachaMuku Profile*
4. ↑ *CM Now 2020-2021 Issue*
5. ↑ *Girls2 Fanclub Profile Card*
6. ↑ *神戸新聞-週刊まなび一 (Phantomirage Interview)*
7. ↑ EXPG *♪J-POP DISCO 出演♪*
8. ↑ EXPG *2017年☆夏☆イベント出演レポート*
9. ↑ EXPG *特別レッスン開催レポート♪*
10. ↑ EXPG *☆ Eileen Harman ＆ Tatiana Parker ワークショップ☆*