Sakata Kotone

## Sakata Kotone坂田(さかた) 琴音(ことね)

Sakata Kotone promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Sakata Kotone** (坂田琴音) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the second ranking announcement, placing 36th.

## Biography

### Early Life

Sakata Kotone was born on February 16, 2003 in Kyoto, Japan.

### 2017-2022

In 2017, Sakata received four awards at the Tokyo Girls Audition 2017. She won the Seventeen Award, the NYLON Award, the Popteen Award, and the LOVE Berry Award.

In 2019, Sakata appeared on the Abema Premium romance reality show *Kyou, Suki ni Narimashita. - Natsuyasumi Hen* (*Today, I Fell in Love With You. -Summer Vacation Edition*) when she was in high school.

On August 29, 2020, Sakata opened her YouTube channel where she posted fashion videos.

Since then, Sakata pursued modeling.

### 2023

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

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

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** We Are
* **Group Battle Team:** Kubittake melty (leader/rapper)
* **Position Battle Team:** Track Beat (sub rapper)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 56th place
* **Week 3:** 30th place (+26)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 28th place (+2)
* **Week 6:** 34th place (-6)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 36th place (-2)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 6th place in team, 60th place overall
* **Position Battle:** 3rd place in team, 26th place overall

### First Voting Period

Sakata is introduced in MYDO GIRLS in episode 1, having been ranked by the other trainees as 24th place. She is evaluated at level **F** by the trainers, with them criticizing the group's lack of practice. However, she diligently practices the theme song and is promoted all the way to level **B**, the trainers amazed by her improvement. She has the highest increase in rank.

In episode 3, Sakata is chosen to perform "LOVE DIVE" in the group battle, being the only rapper. She places 60th at the end.

In episode 5, she is revealed to have received 382,625 votes, which made her 28th place.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "レベル分けの再評価で飛び級をした練習生です。" (This trainee leaped through levels from the level distribution reevaluations.)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** Quote needed.

### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, Sakata wants to show the national producers her rap, so she chooses to perform "Shut Down". She loses the center position to Sasaki Tsukushi, but she does not lose hope. She places 26th overall.

Sakata is voted to perform "Popcorn" by the national producers. Once again, she is a rapper. Later in the second ranking announcement, Sakata is one of the two contenders for 35th place, the last spot that will allow her to continue in the show. Unfortunately, she is 36th place, and so she is eliminated from the show.

## Trivia

* Her hobby is to sing karaoke alone.
* Her special skill is painting.
* Her favorite foods are tomatoes, pickled plums, and shrimp.
* She has a pet leopard gecko. Its name is Togesuke.
* Her favorite flower is the blue rose because it symbolizes dreams coming true in flower language.
* On her YouTube channel, she lists a TikTok in the same manner as her Twitter handle, though the content there appears to not be made by her.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "1分PR┊✧ 坂田琴音（SAKATA KOTONE）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.
2. ↑ "「TOKYO GIRLS AUDITION 2017」ファイナルにて受賞！" (in Japanese). Avex.
3. ↑ Abema Productions.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.

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