Koyuki Kojima Renamed 'Koyu Asahina', Joins Horipro

Koyuki Kojima, who won the Jury's Special Award at the 'New Heroine PROJECT' audition co-hosted by Horipro and Shueisha's 'Weekly Playboy', has announced that she will join Horipro and begin her career under the stage name 'Koyu Asahina'. Although she was a student preparing for entrance exams during the audition, she moved to Tokyo in April to attend university. Her positive and bright personality has been highly praised, and she is expected to have a successful career. Asahina commented, 'I chose the name Asahina, which evokes the morning sky and light, to represent the brightness of taking a new step forward.' She aims to expand her career into acting while focusing on gravure modeling.