Kato Minami (Katomina) / 1st Generation

Name: Kato Minami (加藤美南)
Nickname: Katomina (かとみな)
Birthdate: January 15, 1999
Birthplace: Niigata, Japan
Blood Type: O
Height: 152cm

Catchphrase
東？西？北？南？　みんなの視線は（みーなーみー！）新潟県新潟市出身、NGT48のアクロバットガール『かとみな』こと加藤美南です。
Higashi? Nishi? Kita? Minami? Minna no shisen (Mi-na-mi-!) Niigata-ken Niigata-shi shusshin, NGT48 no akurobatto garu [Katomina] koto Kato Minami desu.
History
Early Life

• Participated in the national championships singles and team league for baton twirling, as well as guest performances at Disneyland. She was also part of the athletics club at her school. The first time she competed in a national single championship was during her first year of High School.
• She was able to go to a good High School because of the recommendations her teachers wrote for her at the end of Middle School, due to her hard work ethic and good grades.
• She has been a fan of AKB48 since she was in elementary school. The member she aspired to be like was Takahashi Minami.

2015

• Joined NGT48 as part of the first generation after passing the auditions in July.

2016

• On January 10th she was promoted to Team NIII (Team NIII formation).
• She and Takakura Moeka were considered the pre-debut aces for NGT48. While Moeka centered NGT48's first song Max Toki 315go on the AKB48 10 Year Anniversary single Kimi wa Melody, Katomina was chosen as the center for the second song Kimi wa Doko ni Iru? on the next single Tsubasa wa Iranai. Furthermore, they were chosen for Tsubasa wa Iranai senbatsu as the only NGT48 members besides Kitahara Rie.

2017

• Together with Yamada Noe, Katomina was chosen as an actress in the AKB48 drama "Tofu Pro Wrestling" under the pseudonym "Baton Katomina". In the real live event "The Real 2017 WIP CLIMAX", she fought together with Bird Takayanagi and Komanechi Yumoto against Octopus Suda, Miracle Shizuka and Guigui Chiyori.
• She was also chosen as a senbatsu member for NGT48's first single Seishun Dokei. She also had another Wcenter with Takakura Moeka on the coupling song Kurayami Motomu.
• Katomina was the first and only member of NGT48's first generation to rank in the AKB48 General Election. She ranked at Nr. 76, putting her in Upcoming Girls.

2018

• During the AKB48 Request Hour 2018, her duet with Yamada Noe, Gesuna Yume, was the highest ranking song from Team NIII 3rd Stage. Every other song for this stage also ranked.
• Again, Katomina performed in the live event "The Real 2018 WIP QUEENDOM" under the name Baton Katomina. This time, she fought alongside Bird Takayanagi and Tornado Tatsumaki against Kendo Matsumoto, Baburi Arai and Machi Otoha. Katomina's team won the battle.

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

• 8th Senbatsu Election - #76 (Upcoming Girls)
• 9th Senbatsu Election - #71 (Upcoming Girls)

Team History
NGT48 Kenkyuusei → Team NIII
Joined NGT48 as a Kenkyuusei on July 20, 2015
Promoted to Team NIII on January 10, 2016 (Team NIII Formation)
Singles Participation
NGT48 A-Sides

• Seishun Dokei
• Sekai wa Doko Made Aozora na no ka?
• Haru wa Doko kara kuru no ka?

NGT48 B-Sides

• Akigan Punk (Seishun Dokei)
• Kurayami Motomu (Seishun Dokei) (WCenter with Takakura Moeka)
• Boku no Namida wa Nagarenai (Sekai wa Doko Made Aozora na no ka?)
• Nani ka ga Iru (Sekai wa Doko Made Aozora na no ka?)
• Gikochinai Tsugaku Densha (Sekai wa Doko Made Aozora na no ka?) (WCenter with Nakamura Ayuka)
• Ato de (Haru wa Doko kara kuru no ka?) (WCenter with Takakura Moeka)

AKB48 A-Sides

• Tsubasa wa Iranai

AKB48 B-Sides

• Max Toki 315go (Kimi wa Melody)
• Kimi wa Doko ni Iru? (Tsubasa wa Iranai) (Center)
• Hikari to Kage no Hibi (LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai)
• 2016nen no Invitation (LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai)
• Midori to Mori no Undokouen (Shoot Sign)
• Tenmetsu Pheromone (Negaigoto no Mochigusare)
• Tsuki no Kamen (＃SukiNanda)
• Tomodachi de Imashou (Jabaja)

Albums Participation
AKB48 Albums

• Dare ga Watashi wo Nakaseta? (Thumbnail)
• Gomen ne, Suki ni Nacchatte... (Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru)

Units
Stage Units
NIII1 (Party ga Hajimaru yo)
Skirt, Hirari
Hoshi no Ondo
NIII2 (Pajama Drive)
Temodemo no Namida (Duet with Yamaguchi Maho) (1st Unit)
Pajama Drive (Center) (2nd Unit)
NIII3 (Hokori no Oka)
Gesuna Yume (Duet with Yamada Noe)
Concert Units
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2016

• Gonna Jump

NGT48 1 Shuunen Kinen Concert in TCH ～Max Toki Mekasechatte Ii Desu ka?～

• Itoshisa no Accel
• Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru
• Kikyou

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017

• Dare ga Watashi wo Nakaseta?

Kojimatsuri ～Kojima Haruna Kanshasai～

• Takeuchi Senpai
• Tadaima Renaichuu

AKB48 Group Kanshasai ~Rank in Concert~ (Senbatsu Sousenkyo Rank-in (17th-80th) members performance)

• Hashire! Penguin

NGT48 Tandoku Concert ~Mirai wa Doko Made Aozora na no ka?~

• Gesuna Yume
• Gikochinai Tsugaku Densha
• Boku no Namida wa Nagarenai
• Sado e Wataru

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018

• Akigan Punk
• Tsuki no Kamen
• Gesuna Yume
• Gomen ne, Suki ni Nacchatte...
• Gikochinai Tsugaku Densha

Media Appearances
Variety Shows

• AKBINGO!
• HKT48 vs. NGT48 Sashikita Gassen
• NGT48 no Niigatta Friend!

Dramas

• Higurashi When They Cry (2016) as Rena Ryuugu [13]
• Higurashi When They Cry Kai (2016) as Rena Ryuugu [14]
• Tofu Pro-Wrestling (2017) as herself/Baton Katomina

Trivia

• Hobbies: Baton twirling. She likes it so much, that for competitions she used to practice from nine in the morning to nine at night on weekends. She was part of the Athletics club at her school, however, she only made an appearance there every ~6 months because of her Baton Twirling practicising; she referred to herself as a "Ghost Member". She still won a 3km run as part of her Athletics Club, and she says it was probably due to the fact that she kept fit for her competitions anyway. She made it into the Top 8 of Japan's Baton Twirlers for a National Competition when she was in High School. For the AKB48 Drama "Tofu Pro Wrestling", her wrestling nickname was also "Baton Katomina" because of this.
• Special skill: Acrobatic performance ("I can do back & front flips!"). During NGT performances when Katomina centers Heavy Rotation, instead of doing Oshima Yuko's famous split, she does a backflip.
• Charm point: Aura
• Favorite food: White Italian and carbonated drinks
• Favorite saying: "My biggest rival is myself."
• Favorite AKB48 song: Gesuna Yume
• Favorite AKB48 stage outfit: The costume for Dare ga Watashi wo Nakaseta?
• One-line message: "I can be happy every day because you are supporting me!"
• Is close to Nakai Rika (RikaMina), Yamada Noe and Takakura Moeka. For Katomina's seitansai in 2018, Moeka wrote her a letter in which she explained how heavily she has been relying on Katomina from day one, and that Katomina was the first person she took pictures with at the auditions for NGT48.
• Has a very active dog named Maron. Despite this, she has said in an episode of Niigata no Friend that she doesn't feel very comfortable around animals and gets scared of most of them.
• Her main goal is to achieve a center position for an NGT48 single.
• The member she looks up to is Oya Shizuka.
• She is the only member of NGT48 that entered the group through 1st Gen auditions to rank in the 8th Senbatsu Selection.
• She has a surprising lack of common knowledge.

Past Profile Pics
(Debut - 2015 - 2016 - December 2016 - 2017)

 

ahhh! I got my eye on this one. She seems really professional and calm and collected. I can picture her in a leader type role.

 

Yay! Katomina has her own thread now!

I'm not sure if she's my NGT oshi yet, but she has definitely attracted my attention so far.

 

She definitely looks like the center type. I'm looking forward to more of her.

 

My NGT48 oshi. I look forward to seeing more from her.

 

For me she have the same feeling of Tashima Meru, fits well in center.

 

in my opinion, her face like tsuchiyasu mizuki (eks-member)

 

Katomina's going to be on the show "AKB48 no Konya wa Otomari" on 6th October. The only other NGT member is Ogino Yuka.
Katomina & Moekyun

 

WOW so impressive ! She a super good center. And I'm glad she's strating to appear in AKB shows. I hope we can see more of her personality.

 

Whoo, she's not holding back lol.

I seriously can't wait to see more of that special skill.

Edit: I'm so glad we have a pic of DoubleMina now. Hopefully we'll have a few more pics of them before Takamina graduates.

https://twitter.com/taka4848mina/status/647034648476803074

 

wow Katomina looks like an athletic showing off her gymnastic skill. That's really epic !!!

hope we will get more footage of the actual performance from the NST festival.

here is a gif of Katomina doing her frontal flip from their debut performance.

 

Congrat on the own thread Katomina!!!!! And whoaaa at the flip, this girl's really got the whole package: look, charisma, athletic skill, oh wait, how's the singing???

 

Singing is probably the most irrelevant skill for an idol lol.

 

http://satoukun.tumblr.com/post/130509359480

That was so cool *o* Katomina is awesome Her hands didn't touch the ground for the second jump, right? I don't know how she did this XD I'm so impressed XD I'm glad she was picked as center! When I first saw her pictures pre-debut, she reminds me of Manatsu (former SKE member). Katomina is really pretty and cute, she looks like a perfect idol, so she's a great choice for center! And judging from her first Tv apparitions, she's interesting too!

I want to know more about her, I will definitely follow her and NGT!

 

She is very pretty and is very talented, her jumps are awesome!!!!. Hopefully we will see her in many shows that will showcase her skills!!!!. Is great that she has her own thread now!!!!.

 

Katomina appeared on AKB no Konya wa Otomari (1st episode)

http://48video.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-2596.html


AKB no Konya wa Shikiritai (Hulu version)

http://48video.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-2605.html

 

Katomina had some mic issues at a press conference for the snack ambassador thing:
(edit: removed the dead Vine link).

She's so adorable trying to tiptoe to reach the mic. I can relate to these kind of situations, since I'm 1 cm shorter than Katomina herself.

 

Too adorable. It didn't really occur to me that Katomina would be on the shorter side of the height spectrum at first.

 

Insta-Oshimen!

 

I would have insta oshi Katomina too if my oshimen weren't Yukirin. But if that were the case then I woulnd't even bother to follow NGT. Maybe only at a much later stage. But i'm sure i'd love Katomina either way.