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Nako Yabuki
Japanese actress (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nako Yabuki (矢吹 奈子; born 18 June 2001) is a Japanese actress and former singer. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group HKT48 and the South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz*One, having finished sixth in the competition television show Produce 48.[2] As an actress, she is known for her role as young Minami Asakura in the film Touch (2005).[3]
She joined HKT48 in November 2013, and was a concurrent member of AKB48 from 2015 to 2017. She is an exclusive model for Japanese magazine Love Berry since 2016.[4]
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Yabuki made her film debut as young Minami Asakura in the coming-of-age film Touch in 2005. Two years later, she appeared in JCB and Dainichi (ja) commercials.[5] In 2009, she appeared in the made for television films Detective Samonji Susumu and My Father's Longest Day.[6] She appeared in a Koala's March commercial in 2011.[1] In 2012, she appeared in the short film On the Shinhori River.[7] The following year, she appeared in the tokusatsu superhero film Gatchaman.
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Yabuki is a fan of Rino Sashihara. During an AKB48 handshake event, she met Sashihara, who told her to audition for the group.[8] Yabuki decided to audition for HKT48 instead, after Sashihara was demoted and transferred to HKT48.[8] In 2013, she passed the third generation auditions for HKT48.[9]
In 2018, Nako participated in reality girl group survival show Produce 48, and after ranking #6 in the final ranking,[10][unreliable source?] she placed in the top twelve, and became a member of Korean-Japanese idol group Iz*One. She and the other two Japanese members of the group took a hiatus from their respective Japanese groups until their contracts with Iz*One expire in April 2021.[11]
On April 29, 2021, her contract with Iz*One officially expired and she and the other two Japanese members returned to Japan. On May 15, 2021, Nako officially resumed HKT48 activities with a theater appearance.
On October 16, 2022, during HKT48's 11th-anniversary concert, she announced her graduation from the group with a graduation concert which was held on April 1, 2023.[12] After graduation, she continued her career as an actress.
On January 28, 2023, Yabuki's contract with Vernalossom expired.[13] On June 18, it was announced that Yabuki had signed on with Twin Planet.[14]
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AKB48 general election placements
Since her debut in 2013, Yabuki has taken part in five of AKB48's annual general elections. Her placements were as follows :
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- Love Berry, Tokuma Shoten (2001), exclusive model since 2016.[4]
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