, also known by her stage name is a Japanese

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who is a former member of the

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groups

Yoshimotozaka46 is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. It was created on February 21, 2018. It is Nogizaka46's second sister group, after Keyakizaka46 (now split between Sakurazaka46 and Hinatazaka46). This was named after the Osaka-based enter ...

NMB48 NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is base ...

and

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 it ...

. She is a former member of NMB48's Team N, and a former member of AKB48's Teams A and 4.

Biography

Kotani passed

's 1st generation auditions in September 2010. Her debut was on October 9, 2010. In March 2011, she was selected to Team N. She held a concurrent position with AKB48's Team A from August 2012 to April 2013, before holding another concurrent position in Team 4 from February 2014. In the 2014 general elections, Kotani ranked for the first time, placing 61st with 12,913 votes. Kotani's height on her official profile is 149 cm, but she is actually 147 cm. Her future dream is to be someone who appears frequently on variety shows, commercials and information programmes. On March 26, 2015, it was announced that she would be released from her concurrent position in AKB48. On February 4, 2016, Kotani graduated from NMB48 Team N and changed her stage name to . On August 20, 2018, she became a starting member of the

Sakamichi Series refers to a Japanese idol group franchise that began with Nogizaka46, an "official" rival group of AKB48. It currently consists of four groups: Nogizaka46, Sakurazaka46, Hinatazaka46, and Yoshimotozaka46. Despite the name, the groups are not ...

idol group

. On March 23, 2020, Miaki announced her engagement to fellow Yoshimotozaka46 member and departure from

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, her office at the time. She officially graduated from Yoshimotozaka46 on March 31, 2020. On June 20, 2020, she opened her

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. On November 1, 2020, she married SHUN SHUN CLINIC P, 7 months after the engagement announcement. On February 2, 2022, she announced her first pregnancy. On July 6, she gave birth to a baby girl.

Discography

Yoshimotozaka46 singles

NMB48 singles

AKB48 singles

Appearances

Movies

* ''NMB48 Geinin! The Movie Owarai Seishun Girls!'' (2013) * ''NMB48 Geinin! The Movie Returns Sotsugyō! Owarai Seishun Girls!! Aratanaru Tabidachi'' (2014)

References

External links

Yoshimotozaka46 Official Profile

NMB48 Official Profile

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