Nakano Kokona

## Nakano Kokona中野(なかの) 心結(ここな)

Nakano Kokona promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Nakano Kokona** (中野心結) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the third ranking announcement, placing 35th.

## Biography

### Early Life

Nakano Kokona was born on May 5, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to her appearance in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS, she enrolled in NEXTinDANCE Academy. She performed a cover of "PICK ME" by PRODUCE48 and "Pretty" by Idol School on their official YouTube channel.

### 2023

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

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

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** Little Heroine
* **Group Battle Team:** HypEST (center/sub vocalist 4)
* **Position Battle Team:** Track Beat (center/main rapper)
* **Concept Battle Team:** new F7avors (leader/rapper 1)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 16th place
* **Week 3:** 13th place (+3)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 19th place (-6)
* **Week 6:** 29th place (-10)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 31st place (-2)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 35th place (-4)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 1st place in team, 6th place overall (tied)
* **Position Battle:** 2nd place in team, 19th place overall
* **Concept Battle:** 6th place in team (tied), 34th place overall (tied)

### First Voting Period

In episode 1, Nakano is introduced as part of Little Heroine. She decides to sit in the 1st place seat, being the first trainee to do so, and when she peels her name sticker to reveal the placement she was given by the other trainees, she is revealed to be ranked as 11th place. The trainers are impressed by the freestyle rap she wrote for her audition team, and they evaluate her a level **B**, which she stays in after the level reevaluations.

Nakano is chosen to be the center of HypEST in the group battle. During the group battle camp, she starts feeling doubt about fitting the center for "Hype Boy", but her teammates encourage her. She is amazed when she is the "Hype Boy" member with the highest votes, and she places 6th place overall.

In episode 5, she is revealed to have received 567,839 votes, which made her 19th place.

* **First Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "練習生の中で目力の強さはトップクラスです。" (The expression of her eyes among the trainees is top class.)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** "初回のピラミッドで見せたまばたき我慢で何度も1位の座を守り抜いてグループバトルでは得意な演技を交えたアレンジを加え。(quote not finished)" (With the patience she showed on the pyramid during the first time, she maintained the 1st place seat many times, and in the group battle, she added an arrangement that included her specialty. (quote not finished))

### Second Voting Period

In episode 6, Nakano is chosen as the center again, this time for Track Beat. When Kasahara suggests adding choreography to the song, Nakano disagrees due to wanting the only focus on the rap, but she is outvoted. While performing in front of the national producers, the trainers love her style. Nakano places 5th place in the rap position.

In episode 8, Nakano is voted by the national producers to perform "Popcorn" in the concept battle. At the second ranking announcement, Nakano is 31st place after receiving 451,303 total votes.

* **Second Ranking Announcement (Hint):** "ポジション評価では本番での強さを見せてくれた練習生です。" (This trainee showed her strength in her performance during the position battle evaluation.)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** Quote needed.

### Third Voting Period

Nakano stays as a rapper in "Popcorn". At the end of the concept battle, she places last overall.

In the third ranking announcement, Nakano places 35th place and is eliminated from the show.

## Trivia

* Her hobbies are to produce songs, to draw faces, and to study the texts of Japanese textbooks.
* Her special skills are acting and enduring muscle training.
* My favorite food is pork cutlets.

## References

1. ↑ "PRODUCE48 - PICK ME cover dance NiD academy | 中野心結,YU,YUI,YUA,AIRI,NANAMI,HINANO". YouTube. 2023-10-07.
2. ↑ "アイドル学校 - キレイだから cover dance NiD academy | 中野心結,YU,YUI,YUA,AIRI,NANAMI,HINANO". YouTube. 2023-10-08.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.
4. ↑ "1分PR┊✧ 中野心結（NAKANO KOKONA）✧┊ PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS" YouTube. 2023-09-04.

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