Sutani Yurara

## Sutani Yurara須谷(すたに) 緩(ゆらら)

Sutani Yurara promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Sutani Yurara** (須谷緩) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the third ranking announcement, placing 32nd.

## Biography

### Early Life

Sutani Yurara was born on August 18, 2005 in Hyogo, Japan.

Sutani attended URIZIP, a K-pop dance studio in Japan.

### 2023

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

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

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** Otome Jidai
* **Group Battle Team:** ONever (sub vocalist 3)
* **Position Battle Team:** W Fighters (sub dancer)
* **Concept Battle Team:** CLAW-me (center/sub vocalist 4)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 38th place
* **Week 3:** 39th place (-1)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 43rd place (-4)
* **Week 6:** 36th place (+7)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 34th place (+2)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 32nd place (+2)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 6th place in team, 63rd place overall
* **Position Battle:** 4th place in team, 44th place overall (tied)
* **Concept Battle:** 4th place in team, 20th place overall (tied)

### First Voting Period

Sutani is introduced in episode 1 in Otome Jidai and is evaluated by the other trainees as 65th place. After performing "Gee", the trainers evaluated her at level **B**. However, she is demoted down to level **C** after the level reevaluations.

In episode 3, Sutani is chosen to perform "FIESTA" in the group battle. She ranks 63rd place at the end.

In episode 5, she is revealed to have received 213,318 votes, which made her 43rd place.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "ダンスが得意な練習生です。" (This trainee is skilled at dancing.)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** "(quote not finished)キレキレのダンス。特技が表情管理というだけあってパフォーマンス中にコロコロ変わる表情は見ていて飽きることがありません。" ((quote not finished) with her twinkling dance. Because her special skill is managing her facial expressions, no one gets tired of watching her facial expressions change constantly during her performances.)

### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, Sutani takes on the double mission "RUN RUN" in a desperate move to get the 220,000 bonus vote benefits and escape her low ranking. But 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 Sutani, received no points in the position battle. On a positive light, Sutani gained popularity after episode 6 due to her facial expressions during the chorus of "RUN RUN".

While she was in danger of being eliminated in week 6, Sutani rises in rank just enough for her to make it to the concept battle in the second ranking announcement.

* **Second Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "脱落ラインから生存圏内へ滑り込みました。" (She slipped out from the elimination line into the survival range.)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** "(quote not finished)動き1つ1つに熱量を込めて迫力あるステージを見せてくれました。" ((quote not finished) She put a lot of energy into each and every movement and showed off a powerful stage performance.)

### Third Voting Period

After the center position in "Koakuma (Baddie)" opened up due to Akiyama Ema's elimination, Sutani is beaten by Kawabata Ranka, but Kawabata later decides to give Sutani the center role. At the end of the concept battle, she places 20th overall.

In the third ranking announcement, Sutani places 32nd place and is eliminated from the show.

## Personal Life

* Nicknames

The following list are nicknames that have been used to refer to Sutani Yurara:

* **Yuraran** (ゆららん) : Nickname used by fans.

## Trivia

* Her hobby is to go to museums and to watch dramas and anime. She also likes to sing karaoke.
* Her special skills are dancing and managing her facial expressions.
* URIZIP, the dance studio she attended, is also where TWICE member Mina and DXTEEN member Taniguchi Taichi attended, as well as fellow trainees Kataoka Rio, Shibuya Mei, and Tanaka Hana.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.
2. ↑ "1分PR┊✧ 須谷緩（Sutani Yurara）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.
3. ↑ "URIZIP - Graduates (in Japanese). URIZIP Official Website.
4. ↑ Instagram. 2023-09-02.

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