Takabatake Momoka

## Takabatake Momoka髙畠(たかばたけ) 百加(ももか)

Takabatake Momoka promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Takabatake Momoka** (髙畠百加) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the finals, placing 20th.

## Biography

### Early Life

Takabatake Momoka was born on April 27, 2004 in Okayama, Japan before moving to Tokyo right after.

### 2020-2021

In 2020, Takabatake practiced at DANCE STUDIO MARU, where she met Fujimoto Ayaka.

In 2021, she auditioned for Girls Planet 999, but did not pass.

### 2023

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

On December 16, Takabatake was eliminated from PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS.

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** EYE Catcher
* **Group Battle Team:** AWAKE (main vocalist)
* **Position Battle Team:** realize (sub vocalist)
* **Concept Battle Team:** Charm Holic (rapper 1)
* **Debut Evaluation Team:** Souzou Ijou (center/rapper 4)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 36th place
* **Week 3:** 33rd place (+3)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 32nd place (+1)
* **Week 6:** 15th place (+17)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 13th place (+2)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 13th place (=)
* **Final Ranking Announcement:** 20th place (-7)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 3rd place in team, 9th place overall (tied)
* **Position Battle:** 1st place in team, 2nd place overall
* **Concept Battle:** 6th place in team, 26th place overall

### First Voting Period

Ishii was ranked by the other trainees as 14th place. Her audition team, EYE Catcher, performed second-to-last, where she was evaluated by the trainers at **C** class. Upset yb this, Ishii practices the theme song and is promoted to **B** class afterwards.

In episode 3, Takabatake is chosen to be a member for AWAKE. As the main vocalist, she places 9th place overall.

In episode 5, she is revealed to have received 319,104 votes, which made her 32nd place. During her speech, she mentioned that she was upset by her low rank, but still grateful to her supporters.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** Quote needed.
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### Second Voting Period

For the position battle, Takabatake wants to choose a rap & vocal song "to showcase her unique rapping style", but all seven available positions are taken before she could choose. Upset to the point of tears, she decides on performing "Omokage" instead. In episode 7, Takabatake cries in awe when she sees Chanmina come as a special trainer for the rap & vocal teams. During practice for "Bijin", she reaches out to Chanmina, where Chanmina gives her the advice to adapt herself to her environment. She takes this to heart and suggests adding a rap part at the end, but the idea was rejected. Despite not being able to rap in the position battle, Takabatake placed 1st in the vocal position, with her husky voice fitting "Omokage" perfectly. Kimura Kaela says that this was fate in action.

Even with the benefits she received in episode 7, Takabatake only placed 13th place. She was frustrated that she did not make it in the debut range, talking to Takahashi Hina during the break.

* **Second Ranking Announcement (Hint):** Quote needed.
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### Third Voting Period

In episode 9, Takabatake, along with Sasaki Tsukushi and Tanaka Yuuki, wants to be a rapper in "TOXIC". Takabatake is voted as rapper 1, to her delight, finally getting to rap in front of the national producers. She places 26th overall in the end.

In the third ranking announcement, Takabatake ranks 13th place again, having received 219,063 votes. When the twenty finalists choose their positions for the debut evaluation, she mentions that she originally wanted to be a rapper in "Souzou Ijou", but instead chooses to be sub vocalist 1 in the same song. However, Sasaki Kokona wants that part as well, so she moves Takabatake to be rapper 4.

* **Third Ranking Announcement (Hint):** Quote needed.
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### Final Voting Period

In episode 11, Takabatake is revealed to the center of "Souzou Ijou". That night she also performs "FLY UP SO HIGH". Unfortunately, she does not place in the debut range, and is thus eliminated.

## Trivia

* Her hobbies are to sleep, to collect songs (in a playlist, etc.), and to walk.
* Her special skills are sleeping, practicing mie, and rotating her ankles by 230°.
* Her pledge for debuting in the top 11 was designing nail tips for the other members based on their image.

## References

1. ↑ "1分PR┊✧ 髙畠百加（TAKABATAKE MOMOKA）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.
2. ↑ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Episode 1
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.

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