Nako

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Nako
Personal Information
Full Name	Yabuki Nako
Birth Date	June 18th, 2001 (age 22)
Blood Type	O (Citation needed)
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Height	150 cm (4'11")
Weight	40 kg (88 lbs)
Social Media	Instagram Twitter 7gogo
Zodiac Sign	♊ Gemini
Produce 48
Training Period	4 years, 10 months
Original Grade	F
Re-Evaluation Grade	A
Final Rank	6th
Occupation
Individual Color	Sky Blue
Years Active	2018-Present
Agency	Off The Record, HKT48
Name Spelling
Birth Name	Yabuki Nako
Hangul	야부키 나코
Kanji	矢吹奈子
Hiragana	やぶき なこ

Yabuki Nako ( 矢吹 (やぶき) 奈子 (なこ) , Yabuki Nako^?, 야부키 나코) was a participant of Produce 48 as a member of the Japanese girl group HKT48. She ranked at #6 on the final episode, making her a member of the Korean-Japanese girl group IZ*ONE.

Official Profile

• Birthday: Jun 18, 2001
• Blood type: O (Citation needed)
• Height: 150cm
• Hobby: Watching movies
• Talent: Making single eyelids

Career

Pre-debut

Nako wa born on June 18 2001 in Tokyo, Japan. Nako 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 commercials. In 2009, she appeared in the made for television films Detective Samonji Susumu and My Father's Longest Day. She appeared in a Koala's March commercial in 2011. In 2012, she appeared in the short film On the Shinhori River. The following year, she appeared in the tokusatsu superhero film Gatchaman. She is also gifted with the talent of ballet.

HKT48

Nako was a big fan of Sashihara Rino. During an AKB48 handshake event, Sashihara told Nako to audition for the group. Instead, Nako auditioned for HKT48, as Sashihara was demoted and transferred to HKT48 Team H. Nako passed the audition for HKT48’s 3rd generation. She is known for being the ace of the 3rd Generation and one of the fastest members who gets promoted from kenkyuusei. On 2015 she released her single song 'Ijiwaru Chu-'. She had a concurrent position in AKB48 Team B. For the 2018 general elections, she ranked #9, which made her a member of the "World Senbatsu". In 2018 she participated in 'NO WAY MAN' alongside Sakura and Hitomi which will be their last release before participating in IZ*ONE.

Produce 48

Nako joined Produce 48 under HKT48. Her first grade evaluation is F and became A after being re-evaluated, she impressed the coaches and viewers for her great vocals and clean dance moves. She is referred to be the 'Hidden Gem'. She garnered attention for doing the high note in 'LOVE WHISPER' for their evaluation She was apart of a performance team named Memory Fabricators along with Kim Chae Won, Jang Gyu Ri, Jo YuRi and Na Go Eun. She finished the competition in 6th place with 261,788 votes, debuting as a member of the IZ*ONE project group.

IZ*ONE

The group officially debuted on October 29, 2018 with the mini album COLOR*IZ and its title track, La Vie en Rose.

Filmography

• Produce 48

Discography

Song Credits

Year	Album	Song	Writing	Composer	Arranger	Ref
2020	Oneiric Diary	With*One Story of the Swan (Japanese Ver.)	✔️ ✔️	✖️ ✖️	✖️
	Twelve	Shy Boy Violeta (Japanese Ver.)	✔️ ✔️	✖️ ✖️	✖️