Native name 田野 優花 Origin Tokyo, Japan Occupation(s) Japanese idol, singer Height 1.5 m TV shows AKBingo! | Also known as Tanochan Genres J-pop Instruments Vocals Genre J-pop Music group AKB48 (Since 2012) | |
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Born 7 March 1997 (age 20) ( 1997-03-07 ) Albums 1830m, 0 to 1 no Aida, Team B 3rd Stage "Pajama, Koko ga Rhodes da - Koko de, Tsugi no Ashiato Similar Juri Takahashi, Tomu Muto, Ryoka Oshima, Rena Kato, Mako Kojima Profiles | ||
Yūka Tano (Japanese: 田野 優花, Hepburn: Tano Yūka, born March 7, 1997 in Tokyo) is a Japanese idol singer, and a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is a member of AKB48's Team K.
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Career
Tano passed the AKB48 12th generation audition for the trainee section in February 2011. On March 24, 2012, at AKB48's concert at Saitama Super Arena, it was announced that she was promoted to full AKB48 members in the new Team 4. She was transferred to Team A after the AKB48 Tokyo Dome Shuffle on August 24, 2012. She placed 7th in rock-paper-scissors tournament on September 18, 2013, and joined the Senbatsu member for the first time in the 34th single released on December 11, 2013.
On February 24, 2014, during the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, it was announced that she was transferred to team K. On October 21, 2014, she and Ayaka Umeda were both chosen as Dorothy, the main character of the musical Wiz: The Wizard of Oz directed by Amon Miyamoto. In the elections for the 41st single of AKB48, she placed 47th overall with 18,048 votes and became Next Girls.
She played the supporting role in the musical DNA-SHARAKU which performed in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka from January to February, 2016. On September 15, 2016, it was revealed that Tano placed 99th overall with 8,636 votes in the 45th single election.