Tanaka Yuuki

## Tanaka Yuuki田中(たなか) 優希(ゆうき)

Tanaka Yuuki promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Tanaka Yuuki** (田中優希) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the finals, placing 15th.

## Biography

### Early Life

Tanaka Yuuki was born on February 14, 2004 in Kanagawa, Japan.

### 2023

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

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

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** High Queens
* **Group Battle Team:** HypEST (sub vocalist 3)
* **Position Battle Team:** W Fighters (sub dancer)
* **Concept Battle Team:** Charm Holic (leader/sub vocalist 2)
* **Debut Evaluation Team:** Souzou Ijou (sub vocalist 3)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 21st place
* **Week 3:** 24th place (-3)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 26th place (-2)
* **Week 6:** 20th place (+6)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 19th place (+1)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 16th place (+3)
* **Final Ranking Announcement:** 15th place (+1)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 2nd place in team, 12th place overall (tied)
* **Position Battle:** 2nd place in team, 44th place overall (tied)
* **Concept Battle:** 3rd place in team, 9th place overall

### First Voting Period

Tanaka is first introduced in High Queens with Sano Jueri, where she is revealed to be ranked by the other trainees as 17th place with Kanno Miyu. When she is evaluated by the trainers, they mention how Tanaka and Sano do not fully embody the feeling of song. In the end, Tanaka is evaluated at level **B**. However, she is promoted to level **A** after the level reevaluations.

In episode 3, Tanaka is chosen as a member of HypEST. At the end of the performances, she places 12th place overall.

In the first ranking announcement, Tanaka places 26th place, receiving 443,280 votes.

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### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, Tanaka decides to challenge herself by tackling the double mission "RUN RUN". While she is not able to get the center position, she and Tanaka Koto relate to their frustrations with not being center. 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 Tanaka, received no points in the position battle.

In episode 8, Tanaka is voted by the national producers to perform "TOXIC" in the concept battle. Despite wanting to be the center, she remains quiet and lets Kenmotsu Nano take the role. During a checkup with YUMEKI, YUMEKI comments how he thinks Tanaka fits the center position very well. Later in the second ranking announcement, she receives 787,688 votes and ranks 19th place.

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### Third Voting Period

Tanaka stays in the "TOXIC" team. She feels pressure during the concept battle camp, and Kenmotsu comforts her. At the end, Tanaka places 9th overall.

In the third ranking announcement, Tanaka ranks 16th place, having received 210,065 votes. Afterwards, she chooses to be sub vocalist 2 in "Souzou Ijou", but Sakaguchi Rino takes her position and makes her sub vocalist 3 instead.

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### Final Voting Period

In episode 11, Tanaka's family make a surprise video message to her while the trainees prepare time capsules. Her grandmother mentions how her late grandfather knew she had talent in her. On the final stage, she performs "Souzou Ijou" and "FLY UP SO HIGH" on the final stage. Unfortunately, she does not place in the debut range, and is thus eliminated.

## Personal Life

* Family
* Education
* Friendships

In episode 11, her family is seen in the special support message they made. In addition, ger grandmother talked about her deceased grandfather.

In episode 1, it is revealed that she attends Waseda University, one of the most selective universities in Japan. While there, she participated in the university's K-pop cover dance club, Twinkle.

On the show, Tanaka is close with Tanaka Koto and Kenmostu Nano.

## Trivia

* Her hobbies are to dance, to listen to the radio, to eat, and to play with her pet dog.
* Her special skill is dancing.
* Despite being born on Valentine's Day, she does not know how to make sweets.
* She used to be a cram school tutor and dance tutor.
* Her favorite food is dumplings.
* Her pledge for debuting in the top 11 was making the favorite foods of the other members.
* She knows KENZO (from DA PUMP).

## References

1. ↑ "NMIXX (엔믹스) O.O / covered by Twinkle @5月曲 内部発表会". YouTube. 2022-07-29.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "1分PR┊✧ 田中優希（TANAKA YUUKI）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.
4. ↑ Twitter. 2023-12-30.

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