is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a member of the

Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements ...

girl group

HKT48 HKT48 (read "H.K.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka city of Fukuoka Prefecture, where Akimoto originally intended to base the group. The group currently performs at ...

and is a former member of the South Korean-Japanese girl group

Iz*One Iz*One ( ; ko, 아이즈원, Aijeuwon; ja, アイズワン, Aizuwan; stylized as IZ*ONE) was a South Korean–Japanese girl group formed through the Mnet reality competition show '' Produce 48''. The group was composed of twelve members: J ...

after the competition television show ''

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''. She joined HKT48 in November 2013. From 2015 to 2017, she was a concurrent member of AKB48. In 2018, she competed in the South Korean survival show ''

''. She placed sixth and debuted as a member of Iz*One. She is an exclusive model for Love Berry. Yabuki is also known for her role as young Minami Asakura in the film ''

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'' (2005).

Career

Yabuki made her film debut as young Minami Asakura in the coming-of-age film ''

'' in 2005. Two years later, she appeared in JCB and Dainichi ( ja) commercials. In 2009, she appeared in the made for television films ''Detective Samonji Susumu'' and ''My Father's Longest Day''. She appeared in a

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commercial in 2011. In 2012, she appeared in the short film ''On the Shinhori River''. The following year, she appeared in the

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superhero film ''

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''. Yabuki is a fan of

Rino Sashihara is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress. She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48. She was also a member of AKB48's unit Not Yet and is the producer ...

. During an

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with ...

handshake event, she met Sashihara, who told her to audition for the group. Yabuki decided to audition for

instead, after Sashihara was demoted and transferred to HKT48. In 2013, she passed the third generation auditions for HKT48. In 2018, Nako participated in reality girl group survival show ''

,'' and after ranking #6 in the final ranking, she placed in the top twelve, and became a member of Korean-Japanese idol group

. 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. On April 29, 2021, her contract with

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 would be held on Spring 2023.

AKB48 general election placements

Since her debut in 2013, Yabuki has taken part in five of

's annual general elections. Her placements were as follows :

Discography

Songwriting credits

Filmography

Film

Television series

Television shows

Hosting

Bibliography

Magazines

* '' Love Berry'',

Tokuma Shoten is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, ...

2001–, exclusive model since 2016.

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External links

Nako Yabuki
- Iz*One Japan Official Site {{DEFAULTSORT:Yabuki, Nako 2001 births Living people 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Actresses from Tokyo AKB48 members HKT48 members Iz*One members J-pop singers Japanese child actresses Japanese child singers Japanese dance musicians Japanese expatriates in South Korea Japanese women pop singers Japanese film actresses Japanese idols Japanese K-pop singers Japanese television actresses Korean-language singers of Japan Singers from Tokyo Swing Entertainment artists Produce 48 contestants Reality show winners