Abe Nagomi

## Abe Nagomi阿部(あべ) 和(なごみ)

Abe Nagomi promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Abe Nagomi** (阿部和) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the third ranking announcement, placing 23rd.

## Biography

### Early Life

Abe Nagomi was born on July 2, 2007 in London, United Kingdom. She lived there for three years before moving to Kanagawa, Japan.

Prior to her appearance in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS, she enrolled in NEXTinDANCE Academy. She performed a cover of PICK ME by PRODUCE 101 (season 1) on their official YouTube channel.

### 2023

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

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

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** Team Maknae
* **Group Battle Team:** BLACK CATS (sub vocalist 1)
* **Position Battle Team:** Final Love (sub vocalist)
* **Concept Battle Team:** new F7avors (sub vocalist 1)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 15th place
* **Week 3:** 14th place (+1)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 13th place (+1)
* **Week 6:** 14th place (-1)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 15th place (-1)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 23rd place (-8)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 5th place in team, 26th place overall
* **Position Battle:** 2nd place in team, 10th place overall
* **Concept Battle:** 3rd place in team, 20th place overall (tied)

### First Voting Period

Abe is introduced in Team Maknae, showing a very shy disposition. She is ranked by the other trainees as 27th place. She performs "Habit" in front of the trainers and is evaluated as **C** class, keeping that level after the level reevaluations.

In episode 3, Abe is chosen to perform "How You Like That" in the group battle. She struggles with fitting in the mature concept, and she receives comfort and reassurance from her teammates. Thinking positively, she manages to rank 25th place at the end of the group battle.

In episode 5, she is revealed to have received 791,264 votes, which made her 13th place.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "ステージで見せたクールで大人っぽい姿に驚いた人も多いのではないでしょうか。" (A lot of people may have been surprised by the cool and mature appearance she showed on stage.)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** "(quote not finished) チームのお姉さんたちに励まされながら見事克服しました。" ((quote not finished) ...She overcame the challenge with the encouragement of her team's older members.)

### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, she chooses to perform "First Love" in the position battle, wanting to further display her vocals. In episode 7, she ends up getting 4th place in the vocal position.

In episode 8, Abe, along with her audition teammate, Takahashi Hina, read letters from the other trainees in Renshuusei Radio. Takahashi comments on Abe's growth from the beginning of the show. At the second ranking announcement, Abe receives 1,021,459 votes, obtaining 15th place.

* **Second Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "コンセプト消化能力の高い練習生です。" (This trainee's ability to tackle concepts is amazing.)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** "「First Love」 ではサビの歌い出しを担当し、心に響く歌声を披露しました。どんなコンセプトでもモノにするポテンシャルを秘めた16歳です。" (In "First Love", she was in charge of singing the chorus and expressed her heart-touching singing voice. This 16-year-old has the hidden potential to turn any concept into something.)

### Third Voting Period

In episode 9, Abe maintains her sub vocalist 1 position in the "Popcorn" team. She places 20th place overall.

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

## Personal Life

* Friendships
* Name Meaning
* Nicknames

Abe Nagomi is very close with Takahashi Hina. They would practice with each other a lot and they became an iconic duo of the show.

The kanji for her name means "peace", and the reading for her name is stem form of "和む (*nagomu*; to calm down)".

The following list are nicknames that have been used to refer to Abe Nagomi:

* **Nago-chan** (なごちゃん) : Used by Takahashi Hina.

## Trivia

* Her hobby is to take naps on the sofa. She also likes to sing karaoke.
* Her special skills are doing the splits, bridging higher than anyone else, and softening her pinky. This is because she has six soft joints around her body.
* Her favorite foods are pork cutlets, oranges, and cotton candy.

## References

1. ↑ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Episode 1.
2. ↑ "PRODUCE 101 - PICK ME cover dance NiD academy | 阿部和,YU,YUI,YUA,AIRI,NANAMI,HINANO". YouTube. 2023-10-06.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "1分PR┊✧ 阿部和（ABE NAGOMI）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.

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