is a Japanese

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singer, and a former member of the

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. She was a member of AKB48's Team K.

Career

Tano passed the AKB48 12th generation audition for the trainee section in February 2011. On March 24, 2012, at AKB48's concert at

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, 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

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were both chosen as Dorothy, the main character of the musical ''Wiz: The Wizard of Oz'' directed by

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. 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. On March 15, 2018, she announced that she will graduate from AKB48, she graduated on May 15, 2018 at her final performance at the AKB48 theater, and her handshake event was held on August 12. After her graduation from AKB48, she mostly performed in stage musicals, namely ''THE CIRCUS,'' a live-action version of the anime W'z and a live-action version of the video game

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. In 2020, she appeared as a character in the

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drama ''Dasada''. In May 2020, she was supposed to be a cast member of the stage play SAMBA NIGHT 2020, but due to the

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, the stage was cancelled. Later that month, it was announced she would be starring alongside Ayana Shinozaki in the YouTube web drama ''Reiwa 2-nen Online Yomikai Yatte Mita''.

Discography

Singles with AKB48

Other Singles

Albums with AKB48

; 1830m * "Chokkaku Sunshine" (Team 4) * "Aozora yo Sabishikunai Ka?" (AKB48 + SKE48 + NMB48 + HKT48) ;

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* "Kakushin ga Moterumono" (Team A) ;

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* "Conveyor" (Team K) * "Downtown Hotel 100 Goushitsu" ;

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* "Ai no Shisha" (Team K) * "Hajimari no Yuki" ;

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* "Dakara Kimi ga Sukina no ka" Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake o Shiteiru * "Mystery Line"

Stage units

; Team A 6th Stage "Mokugekisha" * "Mini Skirt no Yōsei" * "Itoshisa no Accel" ; Team K 6th Stage "Reset" * "Lemon no Toshigoro" * "Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa" ; Team B 5th Stage "Theater no Megami" * "Romance Kakurenbo" * "Hatsukoi Yo Konnichiwa" * "Arashi no Yoru ni wa" ; Team 4 1st Stage "Boku no Taiyō" * "Itoshisa no Defense" * "Boku to Juliet to Jet Coaster" * "Idol Nante Yobanaide" ; Yokoyama Team A Waiting * "Skirt, Hirari" * "Garasu no I Love You" * "Ame no Pianist" * "Dakishimeraretara" * "Zannen Shōjo" ; Team K 7th Stage "Reset" * "Seifuku Resistance" * "Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa" * "Gyakuten Ōji Sama" * "Kiseki wa Maniawanai" ; Shunpūtei Koasa "Eve wa Adam no Rokkotsu" * "Ame no Pianist" * "Kuroi Tenshi" ; Team K 4th Stage "Saishū Bell ga Naru" * "Gomenne Jewel" Special Stage "Kamikyouku Shibari" * "Escape"

Appearances

TV dramas

* '' Majisuka Gakuen 3'' (

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, 2012) * ''So long!'' Episode 1 (

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, 2013) * '' Majisuka Gakuen 5'' (NTV and

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, 2015), as Amon * ''AKB Horror Night: Adrenaline's Night'' Ep.10 - Drive (

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, 2015), as Yukari * ''AKB Love Night: Love Factory'' Ep.28 - Jinx of Ferris Wheel (TV Asahi, 2016), as Tomomi * Dasada (

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, 2020), as Matsuko Neruma

Web dramas

* ''

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'' (Hulu, 2016), as an infected girl *Chikai youde Toukutte (Twitter, 2019), as Yuna Yokoi *Reiwa 2-nen Online Yomikai Yatte Mita (YouTube, 2020)

Reading dramas

* Hotel Plaza Suite (2019)

Films

*''Linking Love'' (2017), as Miyu Mashio *''Ginji the Speculator'' (2022)

Documentary shows

* ''AKB48 Ura Story: Tano Yūka 17-sai, Namida no Riyū'' ( TBS, 2014) * ''AKB48 Shuen! Miyamoto Amon Musical "Wiz" Kanzen Micchaku SP'' (

, 2015)

Commercials

* Joysound (2012-)

Stages

* ''Traumerei ni Sayonara'' (2014), as Yurika Ogawa (Leading Role) * ''Super Soulful Musical "Wiz: The Wizard of Oz"'' (2015), as Dorothy (Leading Role) * ''Majisuka Gakuen: Kyōto Keppū Shūgaku Ryokō'' (2015) * ''DNA-SHARAKU'' (

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, 2016), as Lemon Shirosaki (Supporting Role) * ''Majisuka Gakuen: Lost In The SuperMarket'' (

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, 2016), as Uvall * ''

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'' (Theatre Creation, 2017), as Sally (Supporting Role) *''The Circus: Episode 1 - The Core'' (Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Fukouka, 2017), as Nadia (Supporting Role) *''TENTH: 10 Year Anniversary of Toho Stage'' (Tokyo, 2018), as Sally (Supporting Role) *''The Circus: Episode 2 - Separation'' (Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Fukuoka, 2018), as Nadia (Supporting Role) *''Heaven's Record ~Aozora Hen~'' (Tokyo, Kobe, 2018) (Supporting Role) *''Dance Cantabile 2018'' (Tokyo, 2018), as herself (Supporting Role) *''Singular'' (Tokyo, 2019), as Heart (Leading Role) *'' W'z'' (Tokyo, 2019), as Hana Mihara (Supporting Role) *''Hoeru'' (Tokyo, 2019) (Supporting Role) *''Shotou Kyouiku Royal'' (Osaka, 2019) (Supporting Role) *''The Circus: The Final Episode'' (Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Fukuoka, 2019), as Nadia (Supporting Role) *''

'' (Tokyo, 2019) *''LIFE RESET?'' (Tokyo, 2020) *''Samba Night 2020'' (Tokyo, 2020) *''

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'' (Tokyo, Horipro, 2021), as Vicki (Supporting Role) *''

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'' (Tokyo, Horipro, 2022), as Tiger Lily (Supporting Role)

Music videos

* Ohashi Trio ''S・M・I・L・E・S'' (2019)

Awards

* The 4th Karaage Grand Prix: Best Karaagenist in Idol Category

References

External links

Official profile on AKB48 website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tano, Yuka 1997 births Living people AKB48 members Japanese idols Singers from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers