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My Take
Born on New Year's Eve 1999 — honestly, that's just a dramatically good origin story right there. Her path has a nice shape to it — a Kumamoto kid hooked on acting by Harry Potter, whose kendo and kimono skills helped land her a Hollywood role within six months of starting out — and I actually respect that. Picking up skills simply because they might help her acting feels like a deliberate move rather than luck. I don't know where she ends up, but she's the type you blink on and then realize five years later has quietly built something serious.
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Overview
Hikaru Nishimoto is a Japanese actress and gravure idol born on December 31, 1999, in Kumamoto Prefecture. She is active in both acting and gravure modeling, and maintains an official profile under the agency Pyramid Tokyo. Nicknamed Ru-chan, she won a judges' prize at a Watanabe Entertainment audition in high school, appeared in the Hollywood film Prisoners of the Ghostland, briefly joined the idol group sherbetNEO in 2021, and has been with Artist House Pyramid since 2023.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hikaru Nishimoto
- Name (Japanese)
- 西本ヒカル
- Reading
- にしもと ひかる
- Born
- December 31, 1999 (age 26)
- Origin
- Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 160 cm
- Occupation
- Actress / Gravure Idol
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rabbit
- Blood type
- B
- Measurements
- 88 / 62 / 82 / D
2. Background
- Debut
- 2019
3. Works & records
Works summary
- Appearances
- 35 (2019–2026)
- By year (titles with a known year)
- 2019: 3, 2020: 5, 2021: 4, 2022: 2, 2023: 6, 2024: 5, 2025: 5, 2026: 3, year unknown: 2
- Main labels/studios
- Takeshobo (4), Spice Visual (4), Line Communications (3)
4. Links
5. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
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Frequently asked questions
When was Hikaru Nishimoto born?
Hikaru Nishimoto was born on December 31, 1999 and is 26 years old.
Where is Hikaru Nishimoto from?
Hikaru Nishimoto is from Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
What does Hikaru Nishimoto do?
Hikaru Nishimoto works as Actress, Gravure Idol.
How tall is Hikaru Nishimoto?
Hikaru Nishimoto is 160 cm tall.
What is Hikaru Nishimoto's blood type?
Hikaru Nishimoto's blood type is B.
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