Inaba Manaka

**Inaba Manaka** is a member of Keyakizaka46's 1st Generation.

## Trivia

* **Specialty:** Dance (jazz, hip-hop), memorizing dances, making people laugh, English level 5, make-up and hair arrangement
* **Hobbies:** Reading, painting/drawing, having wild ideas, listening to music, watching dramas and movies, sky appreciation, studying Korean, looking at the moon
* **Motto:** "Kanzen nenshou" (完全燃焼; *Complete burning*), "Jibun rashiku" (自分らしく; *Be yourself*), "Nisshin geppo" (日進月歩; *Ever improving*)
* **Favorite Food:** Fruits, ice cream, cheese, honey, spicy food
* **Favorite Flowers:** Roses, carnations
* **Favorite Color:** Pink, white, black
* **Favorite Sports:** Baseball, football (Soccer), badminton
* **Treasured Item:** Her dreams
* Has a younger brother.
* Was the manager of her high school baseball team in Hokkaido for half of her first year.
* Wants to be the kind of idol that brings happiness and dreams to others.
* Doesn't want to lose to anyone in dancing.
* Wants to get better at facial expressions.
* Had been learning how to cook, studying Korean and watching Korean dramas during her hiatus.
* Goes to karaoke to sing and dance on her own, and wants to go to karaoke again with Oda Sakura.
* Has loved shoes since she was little and would walk around in her mother's high heels.
* Likes to wear clothes and makeup according to the season.
* Since age 4, she began practicing both singing and dancing, aiming to join the entertainment industry.
* During her pre-idol childhood, she attended a dance school at EXILE PROFESSIONAL GYM in Sapporo.
* In December 2010, she participated in the 61st NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen as a back dancer for EXILE.
* In 2011, she passed the Hokkaido Idol Project audition, and was added to a new idol group called PEACEFUL under the stage name MANAKA. She was assigned the sub-leader role. The group released their first and only single, "START!!", on June 8, 2011. On July 31, 2012, PEACEFUL disbanded.
* In August 2015, she announced she received own regular corner on the music program Uta-navi!, titled "Manakan Music", in which she would learn and introduce various genres of music.
* In February 2016, she released her first Blu-ray, titled Greeting ~Inaba Manaka~. A mini photobook containing photos taken during the Blu-ray's filming was later released on July 16.
* On April 28, 2016 it was announced, after consulting with a doctor, that she would be taking a break from activities due to asthma.
* On September 8, 2017 it was announced that her asthma had stabilized, and she would be resuming activities on September 18.
* On October 1, 2018, it was announced that hes would become a regular on the STV Radio show D-tunes, appearing every third Sunday of the month starting in November.
* On October 11, 2018 she announced her first solo photobook titled *Manaka*, which was released on November 17.
* On December 26, 2018, it was announced that she had been diagnosed with vocal cord nodules and recently underwent surgery to remove them.
* On February 1, 2019 it was announced that the doctor has allowed her to gradually start singing again. She would return to singing in performances, extending herself step-by-step while her throat condition is still taken into consideration.

## Singles Participation

### **Keyakizaka46 A-Sides**

* Kaze ni Fukarete mo (2nd Row)
* Glass wo Ware! (1st Row)
* Ambivalent (3rd Row)
* Kuroi Hitsuji (2nd Row)