Aramaki Joa

## Aramaki Joa荒牧(あらまき) 深愛(じょあ)

Aramaki Joa promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Aramaki Joa** (荒牧深愛) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the third ranking announcement, placing 22nd.

## Biography

### Early Life

Aramaki Joa was born on August 29, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. She had no formal training or experience before appearing on the show.

### 2023

On September 3, Aramaki was revealed to be a contestant of PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS.

On December 7, Aramaki was eliminated from PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS.

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** Beginners
* **Group Battle Team:** BLACK CATS (rapper 2)
* **Position Battle Team:** W Fighters (center/main dancer)
* **Concept Battle Team:** new F7avors (sub vocalist 3)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 12th place
* **Week 3:** 18th place (-6)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 20th place (-2)
* **Week 6:** 26th place (-6)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 22nd place (+4)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 22nd place (=)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 6th place in team, 28th place overall
* **Position Battle:** 1st place in team, 44th place overall (tied)
* **Concept Battle:** 5th place in team, 31st place overall

### First Voting Period

Aramaki's audition team, Beginners, is the second team to be introduced in the show, and she is ranked by the other trainees as 37th place. The team is composed of trainees who do not have any vocal, dance, or rap experience. Despite that, Joa shines in her evaluation, and is put in **B** class. After more practice, Aramaki is promoted to level **A** after the level reevaluations.

In episode 3, Aramaki is picked to perform "How You Like That" in the group battle. She ranks 28th place overall.

In episode 5, she places 20th place after receiving 559,593 votes.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "未経験ながらトレーナーに才能を認められた練習生です。" (This trainee possesses talent that was recognized by the trainers despite having no experience.)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** "テーマ曲のレッスンで苦手な歌に苦戦し悔し涙を流すこともありましたが,見事 クラスから クラスに昇格。 (quote not finished)" (Even though she sometimes shed tears of frustration while struggling with a song she was not skilled at during the lessons for the theme song, she was successfully promoted from **B** class to **A** class... (quote not finished))

### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, Aramaki challenges herself by picking the double mission for the position battle. She is chosen as the center, which fuels her to perform better than everyone else. After putting on a fierce performance, she is barely beaten by Ishii Ran for 1st place in the dance position. Due to the double mission rules, Aramaki and her teammates lost all their on-sites, with Aramaki also losing her bonus votes for winning in her group. She was very frustrated, but learned a lot from her time practicing.

In episode 8, Aramaki is revealed to be a sleepyhead, never waking up when Sutani Yurara tries to wake her up. Later on in the second ranking announcement, she is revealed to be in 22nd place, receiving 709,975 votes.

* **Second Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "ポジション評価では凄みのあるパフォーマンスを披露した練習生です。" (This trainee showed an amazing performance in the position evaluation.)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** Quote needed

### Third Voting Period

In episode 9, Aramaki is voted out of "TOXIC" due to the team having too many members, and she goes to "Popcorn". She takes the sub vocalist 3 position. At the end of the performance, she places 31st overall.

In the third ranking announcement, Aramaki is revealed as one of four contenders for 20th place. Unfortunately, she did not place 20th, and she is eliminated from the show.

## Trivia

* Her hobby is to edit videos.
* Her special skills are dancing and preforming awa odori.
* After the show, Aramaki got to dance with current Maison B member and ex-PRODUCE 101 JAPAN SEASON2 trainee Fukuda Shoya in a cover of "TOXIC".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.

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