Nao Kosaka

I'll admit I have a soft spot for Nao Kosaka. There's a quiet, almost translucent quality to her, and that is exactly what gets me. As a Hinatazaka46 member she's got that polished idol shine, but she carries herself with this still, steady poise rather than loud energy, and I find it weirdly magnetic. What I really respect is the range she's stretched into, idol stages, fashion modeling, radio hosting, and acting, all while she's still so young. She reads as delicate but stubbornly grounded, the kind of performer who keeps quietly leveling up instead of chasing noise. Honestly, I just root for her the way you'd root for someone you're sure is only getting started.

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Nao Kosaka is a Japanese idol, fashion model, radio personality, and actress born on September 7, 2002, in Osaka Prefecture. She is a member of the idol group Hinatazaka46 and stands 162 cm tall. In addition to her group activities, she has expanded her career into fashion modeling, radio hosting, and acting. Her first photobook, Kimi wa Dare?, was published in 2020.

Name (English)

Nao Kosaka

Name (Japanese)

小坂菜緒

Reading

こさか なお

Born

September 7, 2002 (age 24)

Origin

Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

162cm

Occupation

Idol / Fashion Model / Radio Personality / Actress

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Blood type

O

Agency

Seed & Flower

Debut

2017

Works summary

Appearances

70 (2018–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2018: 5, 2019: 9, 2020: 5, 2021: 3, 2022: 11, 2023: 8, 2024: 9, 2025: 10, 2026: 4, year unknown: 6

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/artist/14
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kosakanatops/
• Xhttps://x.com/kosakanatops
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9D%82%E8%8F%9C%E7%B7%92
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54867512

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Idol
• Fashion Model
• Radio Personality

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.