Yabuki Nako (Nako) / 3rd Generation

She's graduating

 

Official notice:
http://www.hkt48.jp/news/2022/10/8389

It confirms that she'll leave in the spring after the 16th single.

 

Probably about the right time, and it looks like we've still got a few more months with her in HKT48. Still sad though. I hope she gets a graduation concert.

 

Nako's graduation announcement:

[video deleted by uploader]

 

Miku's reaction on Twitter
https://twitter.com/miku_monmon3939/status/1581624737977233408

DeepL

These are the words from a true best friend. The words aren't needed between these two, their feelings just reach each other.

 

She will. In her announcement, she said there will be a gradcon in spring and that the next single (supposedly to be released around the same time as well) will be her last single.

 

Nako has tweeted that she'll appear in 'Run For The Money: Battle Royal' on Netflix starting on 11/15 at 19:00 JST:
https://twitter.com/nako_yabuki_75/status/1582332615490576386



She's tweeted a link to a free trailer - https://netflix.com/title/81480089 - and when I click on it it takes me straight to it on Netflix UK with English hardsubs and her name listed in the cast on the webpage. Here's a YouTube version of the trailer from Netflix Asia, again with English hardsubs:

 

This is a really entertaining show, I watched an episode that featured AKB48 Honda Hitomi, and I feel like I read somewhere that Nako had been on the show before. Kuro-chan was also in the episode I watched with Hitomi, so maybe he's a regular?

I hope Nako stays alive for a long time (doesn't get caught by the haunters), so she gets a lot of screen time lol.

The show is more variety, not a drama or anything, but still recommend watching it.

 

Yes, this is her 2nd appearance on the show. Her 1st time she lasted about 2/3 of the way before being caught but she had heavy screen time as all the guys wanted to interact with her for the missions. The show itself is one of my favorites, its been going on for well over 10 years and has evolved past just being a game of tag. Each episode usually has a storyline lore to it and the story and it's missions act out in real time with professional actors acting the scenario out real time with full costumes and set effects all while the game is going on. Completing missions usually gives the players a bonus either with more money, special items, or removing/blocking taggers. Even then its ridiculously hard to win since most of these taggers can run as fast as the best Track and Field athletes and the game itself lasting anywhere from 60-90 minutes with most games ending with no one clearing at all or at most 1 maybe 2 out of the starting 15-20. There is also a 2nd version of the game called Battle For Money with contestants competing solely against each other using dodgeballs to tag each other out, with the ability to hire Ninjas to assist them in battle.

Their have been quite a few idols on the shows that I've seen over the years, the only one I knew that actually won was Akimoto Sayaka some years ago and Yamamoto Sayaka came really close being the last contestant before she got caught with like a minute left on the clock

Spoiler: List of Idols that I know have competed

If you look hard enough or know the right places, most of the episodes can be found. Most of the girls have appeared more than once as well:
Yamamoto Sayaka NMB
Itano Tomomi AKB
Kasai Tomomi AKB
Masuda Yuka AKB
Takahashi Minami AKB
Akimoto Sayaka AKB
Yokoyama Yui AKB
Ichikawa Miori AKB/MB
Suda Akari SKE
Yabuki Nako HKT
Honda Hitomi AKB
Tsugunaga Momoko Hello!Pro Berryz Koubou
Kato Shiho Hina46
Higashimura Mei HIna46
Nibu Akari Hina46
Watanabe Miho Hina46
Yamaguchi Haruyo Hina46
Kobayashi Yui Saka46
Higuchi Hina Nogi46

 

Nako receiving a full celebrity-style welcome from media and fans today at Gimpo Airport, Seoul:

 

I’m dead from how she exited the airport gate like how she would enter an HKT stage

 

Another arrival today by Nako in Korea, this time to appear on a broadcast of 'THE IDOL BAND : BOY'S BATTLE':

 

Nako at the FUKUOKA KIMONO COLLECTION STAGE - TGC KITAKYUSHU 2022 by TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION (at 2:40-4:06 in the video):

 

Nako appears in the latest members' video from the Huis Ten Bosch theme park: