Konishi first became interested in an acting career after watching
Sion Sono's film
Himizu in junior high school. She subsequently appeared in a self-produced film at university, and began to send her resume to entertainment agencies and attended auditions. After meeting film director Masaoki Hirota, she was cast as the heroine in his 2020 film , which became her first commercial film appearance. She also appeared on the cover and the opening
gravure of the manga magazine
Young King, for the 2 March 2020 issue, published by
Shōnen Gahōsha. Konishi has stated that she is not affiliated with an entertainment agency, choosing instead to "prioritize the approaches she wants to develop in her work." She does however have a manager. In 2020 she won the
42nd Yokohama Film Festival's Best Newcomer Award for her work in
First Love,
Fancy, and ''''. She was also nominated for the
14th Asian Film Awards Award for Best Newcomer that year. ==Filmography==