Akiyama Ema

## Akiyama Ema秋山(あきやま) 愛(えま)

Akiyama Ema promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Akiyama Ema** (秋山愛) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the second ranking announcement, placing 41st.

## Biography

### Early Life

Akiyama Ema was born on February 5, 2003 in the United States. She was raised in Osaka, Japan, before living in Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to her appearance in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS, she enrolled in NEXTinDANCE Academy. She performed a cover of O.O.O by Girls Planet 999 on their official YouTube channel.

### 2023

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

On November 23, Akiyama was eliminated from PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS.

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** Muse no Yuuwaku
* **Group Battle Team:** WAKEY WAKEY (sub vocalist 2)
* **Position Battle Team:** peony (sub dancer)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 35th place
* **Week 3:** 38th place (-3)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 35th place (+3)
* **Week 6:** 43rd place (-8)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 41st place (+2)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 3rd place in team, 19th place overall
* **Position Battle:** 3rd place in team, 27th place overall

### First Voting Period

Due to unknown reasons, Akiyama is unable to be introduced with the rest of her audition team, Muse no Yuuwaku, but she is there when they are evaluated by the trainers. She is ranked by the other trainees as 55th place, and she is evaluated at **C** class. However, she is promoted to **B** class during the level reevaluations.

In episode 3, Akiyama is picked to be in group 2 for "Seifuku no Mannequin", being sub vocalist 2. She obtains 19th place overall in the group battle in episode 4. She is also featured many times in the MBTI segment that at the end.

In episode 5, she is revealed to have received 256,294 votes, making her 35th place.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "グループバトルで勝利したグループの練習生です。" (This trainee is from a group that won in the group battle.)
* **First Ranking Announcement:**"セクシーで健康的な美しさが魅力的ですが、グループバトルでは得意ジャンルではない曲の解釈に苦労しました仲間の助けもあって...(quote not finished)" (Her sexy and healthy beauty is attractive, but in the group battle, she had a hard time interpreting the song that was not in the genre she specialized in. With the help of her friends... (quote not finished))

### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, Akiyama chooses to perform "ANTIFRAGILE" in the concept battle. In episode 7, Akiyama helps her teammates practice the choreography. At the end of the concept battle, she reaches 13th place in the dance position.

In episode 8, Akiyama is chosen as the center for "Koakuma (Baddie)", fitting the concept perfectly. Unfortunately, she does not get the chance to perform the song live due to getting 41st place in the second ranking announcement, getting her eliminated from the show.

## Personal Life

* Education
* Friendships
* Name Meaning
* Nicknames

Akiyama was a university student at the time of PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS.

On the show, Akiyama Ema is shown to be close with her audition teammate, Kenmotsu Nano. They were excited when they realized that they both chose to perform "ANTIFRAGILE" in the concept evaluation.

"Ema" is an uncommon reading for the kanji in her name, which means "love" in Japanese.

The following list are nicknames that have been used to refer to Akiyama Ema:

* **Ema-chan** (えまちゃん): Most common nickname used by co-trainees.

## Trivia

* Her hobby is to look through Instagram fashion accounts.
* Her special skills are imitating things and being flexible.
* She was learning French for three years at the time of PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "1分PR┊✧ 秋山愛（AKIYAMA EMA）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.
2. ↑ "GirlsPlanet999 - O.O.O cover dance NiD academy | 秋山愛,YU,YUI,YUA,AIRI,NANAMI,HINANO". YouTube. 2023-10-10.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.

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