Koyama Mana

## Koyama Mana小山(こやま) 麻菜(まな)

Koyama Mana promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Koyama Mana** (小山麻菜) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the second ranking announcement, placing 38th.

## Biography

### Early Life

Koyama Mana was born on September 7, 1998 in Kanagawa, Japan. She has practiced ballet since she was five years old.

After she graduated high school, she studied abroad in New York and Los Angeles for two years and studied various music genres, such as jazz, theater, and hip-hop.

### 2021

In 2021, Koyama won Grand Prix (the top award) for MISS JAPAN 2021 (also being crowned MISS Kanagawa 2021 in the process).

### 2023

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

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

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** MISS JAPAN Daihyou
* **Group Battle Team:** AWAKE (leader/sub vocalist 5)
* **Position Battle Team:** MADADA (sub dancer)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 44th place
* **Week 3:** 42nd place (+2)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 49th place (-7)
* **Week 6:** 40th place (+9)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 38th place (+2)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 4th place in team, 67th place overall
* **Position Battle:** 2nd place in team, 16th place overall

### First Voting Period

In episode 1, Koyama is introduced in MISS JAPAN Daihyou, the other trainees amazed with her beauty. She is ranked by the other trainees as 90th place and evaluated by the trainers at **F** class. During the level reevaluations, the trainers praise her effort and remark that she does not fit **F** class, so she moves up to **D** class.

In episode 3, Koyama is picked to be in team 2 for "How You Like That", being sub vocalist 1. She ranks 51st place overall in the group battle in episode 4.

She is the first trainee to make it to the position battle. She is revealed to have received 236,395 votes, making her 38th place.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "上品な大人の魅力溢れる練習生です。" (This trainee is overflows of the charm of an sophisticated adult.)
* **First Ranking Announcement:**"２５歳、人生をかけて挑んだグループバトルでは「ステージ上に上がる資格はない」と厳しく現実を突き付けられました。ダンス未経験者が多い中意識のズレを上手くまとめ上げ、一体感のあるステージを披露しました。" (At the age of 25, in the group battle that she had put her life into, she was thrusted with a harsh truth that "she was not qualified to be on stage". She organizes the gaps in skill within the others who had no dance experience and presented the stage with a sense of unity.)

### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, due to none of the top 43 ranked trainees picking "WA DA DA" for the position battle, Koyama was one of the seven trainees put into the "WA DA DA" team. Koyama's beauty shines through and she places 16th place overall.

Koyama is appointed as the leader for "Koakuma (Baddie)" in episode 8. Unfortunately, she does not get the chance to perform the song live due to getting 38th place in the second ranking announcement, getting her eliminated from the show.

## Personal Life

* Family
* Education
* Friendships
* Name Meaning
* Nicknames

Koyama is a cousin of former E-girls member KAEDE, who is two years older than her. They have been dancing together since they were little. KAEDE also gave Koyama makeup advice.

Koyama attended Shonan Gakuin High School, a private high school in Kanagawa, and was in their cheerleading club. After she graduated high school, she studied abroad in New York and Los Angeles for two years and studied various music genres, such as jazz, theater, and hip-hop.

Koyama Mana is shown to be close Ando Chiharu on the show. They trained together at the beginning of the show, and they grew affectionate as a result.

The two kanji in her name mean "thousand" and "sun". Her name means "to be bright and energetic like the sun for thousands of years".

* **まなら** (Manala): Nickname she got in high school due to looking like a koala.

## Trivia

* Her hobbies are to watch horror movies, to dance with her friends, and to eat delicious food.
* Her special skills are doing dance covers, pirouette, and playing the tenor saxophone.
* She is the oldest trainee in the show.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "1分PR┊✧ 小山麻菜（KOYAMA MANA）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ミス・ジャパンの小山麻菜さん、４５００人からグランプリに輝いた瞬間は「あっ私なんだ」 (in Japanese). Yomiuri. 2022-01-31.
3. ↑ "『2021ミス・ジャパン』グランプリにダンサーの小山麻菜さん いとこは元E-girlsの楓「アドバイスを忠実に聞いた」" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2021-09-29.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.
5. ↑ "1分PR┊✧ 小山麻菜（Koyama Mana）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.

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