Imada Mina

Name

Imada Mina

Imada Mina (2019)


Kanji	今田美奈
Kana	いまだみな
Romaji	Imada Mina
Nickname	Mina (みな)

Birth Info

Birthdate	March 5, 1997
Birthplace	Fukuoka, Japan
Blood type	O
Current Age	27 Years Old

Sizes

Height	168cm

Professional Info

Agency	**
Social Networks	Instagram / LINE / Twitter / YouTube / Threads

Idol Career Info

Former Group	HKT48
Former Team	Team KIV
Debuted	July 2011 / 1st Generation
Graduated	April 2022

Imada Mina was a member of HKT48's Team KIV.

Catchphrase

福岡を盛り上げるのは、いまだー。みんなのアイドル。みなぞうこと今田美奈です。

Fukuoka wo moriageru no wa, Imadaa. Minna no aidoru. Imada Mina desu.

(Liven up Fukuoka, now (Imada). Everyone's idol. I'm Imada Mina.)

Hobbies: Appreciating music, fishing
Special skills: Fishing, speaking korean
Charm point: Eye smile when laughing
Ambition: To be a model and actress
Is a lefty.
Talks about learning English and her progress in doing so.
Is able to eat incredibly spicy food.
Had an 10-year old, female Golden Retriever called "Jupi", who was even featured in dog magazines before it passed away in early 2016.
Likes being out in nature, for example on a fishing trips with her dog.
Has a recurring page column in Fishing news, a monthly fishing magazine.
Her father is a professional field-tester for fishing equipment.
Has a running-joke character called Golgo Imada, after the hitman anime Golgo 13. She got this during a HKT48 no Odekake episode in which she donned a pair of sunglasses and posed with an airsoft rifle like the one used in Golgo 13.
Has the repution of being cool, but secretly longs for cute things.
Wanted to perform on the rotating platform of the original HKT48 Theater since the day she joined, and managed to do so in the very last show ever of that theater.
Loves wearing jeans.
Considered to be the mother figure of HKT's 2nd gen KKS, being a 1st gen herself.
Member of Art Club and Marathon Club
One of the 4 members that won a solo page on the Young Jump Gravure Competition
Members say she gets annoyed easily, so when she asked for "something useful" for her seitansai present, she got a punching bag.
Prefers the nickname Mina
Finished in 76th place on Produce 48

On July 10, passed the auditions for HKT48's 1st Generation.
On November 26, made her theater debut in HKT48 Kenkyuusei 1st Stage, "Te wo Tsunaginagara".

On January 9, appeared on Young Jump magazine, including a solo page, after entering the 4th place in the Young Jump Gravure Competition.
On January 11, during the HKT48 concert "Kawaii Ko ni wa Motto Tabi wa Saseyo, she was promoted to the newly formed Team KIV.

Between April 8 and April 23, participated as part of the main line-up of HKT48 Sashihara Rino Zachou Kouen at Meijiza.
Between August 15 and August 30, participated as part of the main line-up of HKT48 Sashihara Rino Zachou Kouen at Hakataza

On June 18, ranked #90 in 8th Senbatsu Election. However, this ranking was not high enough to participate in the single.

Starting June 15th, appeared in the Korean Idol survival show Produce 48.
- Received Rank D during the initial evaluation.
- Received Rank C in the re-evaluation.
- Performed as the center of AOA's "Short Hair" in the first group battle performance.
- Ranked #76 in the 5th episode and was eliminated.