About
Nashiko Momotsuki (桃月なしこ) is a Japanese actress, fashion model, licensed nurse, and long‑time cosplayer from Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. Born on November 8, 1995, she first drew national attention in 2020 as the stylish villain Yodonna in Mashin Sentai Kiramager, a role she has since reprised in several spinoff films. Away from the tokusatsu spotlight, she models exclusively for bis magazine and continues to appear at pop‑culture events in handmade costumes. In 2025, Momotsuki expanded her range again, landing her first period‑drama part in the action series Shogun’s Ninja, directed by stunt maestro Koichi Sakamoto, a milestone she has called “a brand‑new challenge that makes my heart race.”
Before Fame
Growing up in coastal Toyohashi, Momotsuki was the creative child who sketched manga panels during class breaks and pored over idol magazines after school. She discovered cosplay in her third year of high school, borrowing her stage surname from web‑comic hero Shinya Momotsuki. Practical as well as artistic, she enrolled in nursing school, financing tuition by working as a nurse’s assistant. She earned her license in 2016 and still picks up occasional clinic shifts because, as she once joked, “you never forget how to put on a stethoscope.” A Tokyo talent scout noticed one of her event photos in 2017 and invited her to pose for Weekly Young Magazine. The one‑off gravure shoot snowballed into regular modeling work, prompting her move to the capital, where she juggled night duties at a dermatology clinic with acting and language classes. Her first on‑screen appearance came in the talk show Hatsumimigaku (2018), followed by a bit part in the sci‑fi drama Garo: Versus Road (2020).
Trivia
- Left‑handed twist: Although naturally left‑handed, Momotsuki learned to write and handle kitchen knives with her right hand— a quirk revealed in an early fan‑club newsletter and later confirmed in her 2022 photo book, Peachy.
- Dual careers: Even during press tours, she keeps her nursing license current, insisting the discipline helps her stay calm on hectic film sets.
- Photo‑book success: Her debut collection, Prince×Peach (2020), sold out its first print run; follow‑up Peachy (2022) included candid home snapshots and an interview conducted by her younger brother.
- First‑pitch flair: In March 2022, she threw a ceremonial strike at Vantelin Dome Nagoya dressed as Supergirl— cape and all.
- Voice‑acting debut: She lent her voice to the animated rom‑com Love After World Domination (2022), calling the experience “cosplay with a microphone.”
Family Life
Momotsuki rarely broadcasts family details, but Peachy confirmed she has at least one younger brother, who describes her as “the sibling who never sits still.” Their parents encouraged both academia and hobbies, driving her to out‑of‑town cosplay events and later supporting her decision to split time between scrubs and showbiz. She credits that steady home base for giving her the courage to relocate to Tokyo at twenty‑two. During holidays, she returns to Toyohashi for home‑cooked miso‑nikomi udon and long talks with her mother about manga trends.
Associated With
- Rio Komiya, Yume Shinjo, and the Kiramager cast shared the screen with her during the 2020–21 Super Sentai season, praising her ability to switch from charming backstage chatter to icy villain on action cues.
- She teams again with director Koichi Sakamoto— known for dynamic stunt direction— in Shogun’s Ninja (2025), a collaboration many fans had hoped for since Kiramager.
- In print, she has posed alongside fellow Zeroichi‑Familia talents Angela Mei and Hikari Kuroki for the “Tokusatsu Beauties” feature in Weekly Playboy, celebrating women who bring heroes and villains to life.
- As a model for bis she follows in the footsteps of fashion‑forward idols like Mio Imada, often trading styling tips in backstage dressing rooms.
