Yūka Tano

is a Japanese actress and television personality. She is a former member of the girl group AKB48, in which she served on Team K.

Career

Tano passed the AKB48 12th generation audition for the trainee section in February 2011. On March 24, 2012, at AKB48's concert at Saitama Super Arena, it was announced that she was promoted to full AKB48 members in the new Team 4. She was transferred to Team A after the AKB48 Tokyo Dome Shuffle on August 24, 2012. She placed 7th in rock-paper-scissors tournament on September 18, 2013, and joined the Senbatsu member for the first time in the 34th single released on December 11, 2013.

On February 24, 2014, during the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, it was announced that she was transferred to team K. On October 21, 2014, she and Ayaka Umeda were both chosen as Dorothy, the main character of the musical Wiz: The Wizard of Oz directed by Amon Miyamoto.

She played the supporting role in the musical DNA-SHARAKU which performed in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka from January to February, 2016. On September 15, 2016, it was revealed that Tano placed 99th overall with 8,636 votes in the 45th single election.

On March 15, 2018, she announced that she will graduate from AKB48, she graduated on May 15, 2018 at her final performance at the AKB48 theater, and her handshake event was held on August 12.

After her graduation from AKB48, she mostly performed in stage musicals, namely THE CIRCUS, a live-action version of the anime W'z and a live-action version of the video game Nobunaga's Ambition. In 2020, she appeared as a character in the Hinatazaka46 drama Dasada. In May 2020, she was supposed to be a cast member of the stage play SAMBA NIGHT 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the stage was cancelled. Later that month, it was announced she would be starring alongside Ayana Shinozaki in the YouTube web drama Reiwa 2-nen Online Yomikai Yatte Mita.

Discography

Singles with AKB48 Year data-sort-type="number" | No.

Role

2011 23 "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" Team 4Under Girls "Tsubomitachi"

25 "Give Me Five!" Special Girls A "New Ship" 26 "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" Special Girls "Mittsu no Namida" 27 "Gingham Check" Next Girls "Do Re Mi Fa Onchi"

Under Girls "Tsugi no Season" Team A "Kodoku na Hoshizora" 29 "Eien Pressure" "Watashitachi no Reason"

30 "So Long!" Shinoda Team A "Ruby"

Under Girls "Bara no Kajitsu" Team A "Ikirukoto" 32 "Koisuru Fortune Cookie" Next Girls "Kondokoso Ecstasy" 33 "Heart Electric" Team A "Kiss Made Countdown" 34 "Suzukake no Ki no Michi de "Kimi no Hohoemi o Yume ni Miru" to Itte Shimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dō Kawatte Shimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono" A-side Won the 2013 rock-paper-scissors tournament. So long! Episode 1 (NTV, 2013) Majisuka Gakuen 5 (NTV and Hulu, 2015), as Amon AKB Horror Night: Adrenaline's Night Ep.10 - Drive (TV Asahi, 2015), as Yukari AKB Love Night: Love Factory Ep.28 - Jinx of Ferris Wheel (TV Asahi, 2016), as Tomomi Dasada (Nippon TV, 2020), as Matsuko Neruma Reiwa 2-nen Online Yomikai Yatte Mita (YouTube, 2020)

Films Linking Love (2017), as Miyu Mashio Ginji the Speculator (2022)

Documentary shows AKB48 Ura Story: Tano Yūka 17-sai, Namida no Riyū (TBS, 2014) AKB48 Shuen! Miyamoto Amon Musical "Wiz" Kanzen Micchaku SP (NTV, 2015)

Commercials Joysound (2012-)

Stages Traumerei ni Sayonara (2014), as Yurika Ogawa (Leading Role) The Wiz (2015), as Dorothy Gale (Leading Role) DNA-SHARAKU (New National Theatre Tokyo, 2016), as Lemon Shirosaki (Supporting Role) You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Theatre Creation, 2017), as Sally (Supporting Role) The Circus: Episode 1 - The Core (Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Fukouka, 2017), as Nadia (Supporting Role) TENTH: 10 Year Anniversary of Toho Stage (Tokyo, 2018), as Sally (Supporting Role) The Circus: Episode 2 - Separation (Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Fukuoka, 2018), as Nadia (Supporting Role) Heaven's Record ~Aozora Hen~ (Tokyo, Kobe, 2018) (Supporting Role) Dance Cantabile 2018 (Tokyo, 2018), as herself (Supporting Role) Singular (Tokyo, 2019), as Heart (Leading Role) W'z (Tokyo, 2019), as Hana Mihara (Supporting Role) Hoeru (Tokyo, 2019) (Supporting Role) The Circus: The Final Episode (Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Fukuoka, 2019), as Nadia (Supporting Role) Nobunaga's Ambition (Tokyo, 2019) LIFE RESET? (Tokyo, 2020) Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Tokyo, Horipro, 2021), as Vicki (Supporting Role) Peter Pan (Tokyo, Horipro, 2022), as Tiger Lily (Supporting Role)

Music videos

Ohashi Trio S・M・I・L・E・S (2019)

Awards The 4th Karaage Grand Prix: Best Karaagenist in Idol Category