Kitazume Sakura

## Kitazume Sakura北爪(あらまき) さくら

Kitazume Sakura promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Kitazume Sakura** (北爪さくら) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the third ranking announcement, placing 28th.

## Biography

### Early Life

Kitazume Sakura was born on August 12, 2004 in Gunma, Japan.

### 2023

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

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

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** Pocket Princess
* **Group Battle Team:** Love Potion (sub vocalist 2)
* **Position Battle Team:** W Fighters (sub dancer)
* **Concept Battle Team:** new F7avors (main vocalist)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 11th place
* **Week 3:** 15th place (-4)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 22nd place (-7)
* **Week 6:** 19th place (+3)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 21st place (-2)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 28th place (-6)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 1st place in team, 3rd place overall
* **Position Battle:** 3rd place in team, 44th place overall (tied)
* **Concept Battle:** 1st place in team, 10th place overall

### First Voting Period

Kitazume is evaluated in the first episode in the team Pocket Princess. She is ranked by the other trainees as 16th place. The trainers evaluate her at **B**, but she moves down to level **C** after the level reevaluations.

In episode 3, Kitazume is picked to perform "CHEER UP" in the group battle. During practice, she does not think too much about the audience's reaction to her. To her surprise, she saves her group from not getting benefits after they had accepted defeat by receiving a whopping 139 on-site votes.

In episode 5, Kitazume amazes the other trainees with her dancing of "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" during the dance off. At the first ranking announcement, she places 22nd place after receiving 524,879 votes.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "ステージでは小柄ながらもパワフルで大きな存在感を出してくれています。" (She is powerful and has a great presence on stage despite having a smile stature.)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** Quote needed.

### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, Kitazume challenges herself by picking the double mission for the position battle. The audience is impressed with her acrobatics that she added, and she ranks 3rd in her team. However, due to Aramaki Joa, who won 1st place in the "RUN RUN" team, not placing 1st place in the dance position, everyone in the team, including Kitazume, received no points in the position battle.

Kitazume is voted by the national producers to perform "Popcorn" in the concept battle. Later on in the second ranking announcement, she is revealed to be in 21st place, receiving 752,347 votes.

* **Second Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "ポジション評価ではダブルミッション曲「RUN RUN」に挑戦した練習生です。" (This trainee tried the double mission song "RUN RUN" in the position battle evaluation.)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** "(quote not finished)変幻自在の魅力で見る人をさくちーワールドに引き込みます。" ((quote not finished) Her ever-changing charm draws viewers into the Sakuchi's world.)

### Third Voting Period

Kitazume continues as the main vocalist of "Popcorn". She ranks in the top 11 again at the end of the concept battle.

In the third ranking announcement, Kitazume places 28th place and is eliminated from the show.

## Personal Life

* Nicknames

The following list are nicknames that have been used to refer to Kitazume Sakura:

* **さくちー** (Sakuchi) : Most common nickname used by fellow trainees and fans.

## Trivia

* Her hobby is to dance.
* Her special skills are imitating things and performing acrobatics.
* She is only the second trainee in the series to be from Gunma.
* In her 1 minute PR video, she reveals that it was filmed on August 12, which is also her birthday.

## References

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

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