Kawabata Ranka

## Kawabata Ranka川畑(かわばた) 蘭華(らんか)

Kawabata Ranka promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Kawabata Ranka** (川畑蘭華) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the third ranking announcement, placing 33rd.

## Biography

### Early Life

Kawabata Ranka was born on May 5, 2006 in Aichi, Japan.

### 2021

On May 17, Kawabata was announced has part of the EXPG STUDIO NAGOYA team Lilly Glow.

### 2023

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

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

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** Apple Mint
* **Group Battle Team:** AWAKE (sub vocalist 5)
* **Position Battle Team:** MADADA (sub dancer)
* **Concept Battle Team:** CLAW-me (rapper 2)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 41st place
* **Week 3:** 48th place (-7)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 47th place (+1)
* **Week 6:** 28th place (+19)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 25th place (+3)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 33rd place (-8)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 4th place in team, 34th place overall
* **Position Battle:** 1st place in team, 8th place overall
* **Concept Battle:** 7th place in team, 31st place overall (tied)

### First Voting Period

Kawabata is introduced in Apple Mint and challenged Nakano Kokona for the 1st place seat via a staring contest. She lost, however, and the monitors revealed that she was evaluated by the other trainees as 30th place with Sano Jueri. The trainers love her expression during her performance of "Fukyouwaon", and they evaluate her at **B** class. However, Kawabata struggles with the image and choreography of the show's theme song, and is demoted all the way to **F** class, being the trainee with the lowest drop.

In episode 3, Kawabata is the first trainee picked by Ishii Ran to be part of AWAKE. Despite struggling with the more elegant concept of "TOKYO GIRL", she places 34th place overall.

In episode 5, she is revealed to have received 177,397 votes, which made her 47th place.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "ステージで見せる鋭い目付きが印象的な練習生です。" (This trainee sharp eyes that she shows on stage leave an impression.)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** "グループバトルでは**F**クラスから実力者揃いのグループに抜擢されました。自称太陽担当、いつもハッピーパワーに道溢れています。" (She was selected from F class to join a group made up of talented people in the group battle. As the self-proclaimed ruler of the sun, her path is always full of happy power.)

### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, due to none of the top 43 ranked trainees picking "WA DA DA" for the position battle, Kawabata was one of the seven trainees put into the "WA DA DA" team. However, she amazes the audience despite not being the center, and she places 1st in her team.

In episode 8, Kawabata is voted by the national producers to perform "Koakuma (Baddie)" in the concept battle. At the second ranking announcement, Kawabata is 25th place after receiving 579,865 total votes.

* **Second Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "落ちるのはMADADAと思った国民プロデューサーも多いでしょう。" (Many of the national producers thought that MADADA would be the ones to fall.)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** Quote needed.

### Third Voting Period

Kawabata is chosen as the new center of "Koakuma (Baddie)" after Akiyama Ema was eliminated, but she later decides to prioritize being a rapper instead, giving the center position to Sutani Yurara. In episode 9, she places 31st overall.

In the third ranking announcement, Kawabata places 33rd place and is eliminated from the show.

## Personal Life

* Education

At the time of PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS, Kawabata was a second-year high school student.

## Trivia

* Her hobby is to go to shrines.
* Her special skills are eye expression, touching her nose with her tongue, and drawing.
* She loves tomatoes.

## References

1. ↑ "TikTokチーム「Lilly Glow」紹介☆" (in Japanese). EXPG. 2021-05-17.
2. ↑ "1分PR┊✧ 川畑蘭華 （KAWABATA RANKA）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.
4. ↑ "LEAP HIGHアイコンタクト┊✧川畑蘭華 （KAWABATA RANKA）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-28.

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