Oba Mina

Oba Mina
Oba Mina (2019)
Name
Kanji	大場美奈
Kana	おおば　みな
Romaji	Ōba Mina
Nickname	Minarun (みなるん)
Birth Info
Birthdate	April 3, 1992
Birthplace	Kanagawa, Japan
Blood type	A
Current Age	32 Years Old
Sizes
Height	150cm
Professional Info
Agency	Japan Music Entertainment
Social Networks	Official Fanclub / 7gogo / Blog / Instagram / Twitter / YouTube / Threads
Idol Career Info
Former Group	SKE48
Former Team	Team KII
Debuted	November 2009 / AKB48 9th Generation
Graduated	May 2022

Oba Mina was a member of SKE48's Team KII.

Catchphrase

チームKIIのみなるんこと大場美奈です

CHIIMU KII no Minarun koto Oba Mina desu

(I'm Team KII's Oba Mina also known as Minarun)

今日はわたしに恋して！みなるーん！

Kyou wa watashi ni koishite! Minaruun!

(Fall in love with me today! Minaruun!)

Trivia

• Hobbies: Going home
• Favorite foods: Ox tongue
• Favorite words: くそ野郎 (kuso yarou, "jerk")
• Special skills: Handwriting
• Good friends with: Kato Rena, Ichikawa Miori
• Future ambition: Actress in comedy plays
• One-line message: "I'll try very hard to be an idol!"
• Member of Drama Club
• Failed AKB48's 2nd, 4th and 7th generation auditions
• Was a "Tentative Kenkyuusei" for AKB48 7th generation
• Her original nickname was Amirun
• At the age of 3, she won a chopstick contest held in her town
• Former captain of Team 4
  • Suspended her activities and resigned her Team 4 captain position due to inappropriate posts made before she joined AKB. She returned from suspension on January 4, 2012
  • During her suspension, Shimada Haruka was the temporary captain
• Her first appearance in Senbatsu was not in her original group. Minarun's first Senbatsu was for SKE48's 12th Single, Utsukushii Inazuma
• She participated in the shonichi of Team B's Theater no Megami as well as the shonichi of Team KII's Theater no Megami. This makes her one of the only six members (along with Ota Aika, Fujie Reina, Chikano Rina, Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, and Ayana Shahab), and the first one to participate in the shonichi of the same stage twice
• Became Team KII's Leader on March 30, 2015, after Furukawa Airi's graduation
• Part of the Chinese mobile game AKB48 Cherry Bay Blaze
• She registered her marriage to Ishikawa Shuta in January 2023.

History

2006

• Tried for AKB48's 2nd Generation but failed the audition.

2007

• Tried for AKB48's 4th Generation but failed the audition.

2008

• Tried for AKB48's 7th Generation but failed the audition.

2009

• In September, passed the auditions for AKB48's 9th Generation.
• On November 15th, made her theater debut.

2010

• On December 8th, during AKB48's 5th Anniversary Stage, is promoted to Team Unknown.

2011

• On June 6th, the name of Team Unknown is revealed to be Team 4. Mina is appointed captaincy.
• On June 9th, during the 3rd Senbatsu Election, ranked #9 (Undergirls).
• On September 2nd, is removed as captain and goes on a hiatus due to a scandal.

2012

• On January 4th, returned to AKB48 and is re-appointed captain of Team 4.
• On August 24th, during the Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle, is moved to Umeda Team B.
• On November 1st, started activities as a member of Team B.

2013

• On April 28th, during the AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai, a concurrent position with SKE48's Team KII is announced.
• On July 17th, is picked for her first A-Side Senbatsu for SKE48's 12th single Utsukushii Inazuma.
• On September 18th, makes 4th place during the 4th Janken Taikai.
• On December 11th, is part of her first AKB48 A-Side Senbatsu for Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru because of her ranking in the Janken Taikai.

2014

• On February 24th, during the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, concurrent position was removed and Mina was fully moved to SKE48's Team KII. She was also made co-captain.
• On May 21st, is part of her first management chosen AKB48 senbatsu for Labrador Retriever.

2015

• On March 30th, became leader of Team KII due to Furukawa Airi's graduation.

2018

• On June 16th, during the 10th Senbatsu Election, made it into Senbatsu by placing #8.
• On September 19th, was member of the senbatsu for Sentimental Train.

2019

• On August 2nd, released her first photobook, Hontou no Imi de Otona ni naru Toiukoto.
• On August 8th, a re-print of the photobook was announced due to demand.
• On August 23rd, Oricon News announced that her photobook sold over 10,000 copies still ranked in the top 10 in its third week after release.
• On September 5th, appeared on Tokai TV's "Aichi Teru" (あいちテル).
• From October 12th to November 14th, appeared in the stage play "Haken Anime!" (ハケンアニメ！).
• On October 11th, was added as a character to the Chinese-exclusive mobile game AKB48 Cherry Bay Blaze.
• On November 15th, appeared in the live-action remake of Hell Girl (地獄少女, Jikogu Shoujo).

2020

• From February 7th, appeared in the TV drama "Ukemen" (ウケメン).
• In October, appeared in the movie "Little Subculture Wars ~Villevan! no Gyakushuu~" (リトル・サブカル・ウォーズ ～ヴィレヴァン！の逆襲～).
• On October 3rd, appeared in the TV Aichi drama "Kojou e Ikou III" (テレビ愛知ローカル).
• On November 9th, was on the cover of Weekly Big Comic Spirits' 50th issue.
• On November 15th, released her second photobook "Kotae Awase" (答え合わせ).

2021

• On October 9th, announced her graduation from SKE48.

2022

• From April 1st to 3rd, her held her graduation concert, Oba Mina Graduation Concert @ Pacifico Yokohama.
• On April 29th, tested positive for COVID-19 and had to postpone her final activity as a member of SKE48.
• On May 6th, the captaincy role for Team KII was given to Ota Ayaka.
• On May 21st, will have her final activity as a member of SKE48 and officially graduate.

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

• 2nd Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
• 3rd Senbatsu Election - #35 (Undergirls)
• 4th Senbatsu Election - #57 (Future Girls)
• 5th Senbatsu Election - #48 (Next Girls)
• 6th Senbatsu Election - #56 (Future Girls)
• 7th Senbatsu Election - #27 (Undergirls)
• 8th Senbatsu Election - #22 (Undergirls)
• 9th Senbatsu Election - #26 (Undergirls)
• 10th Senbatsu Election - #8 (Senbatsu)

AKB48 Janken Tournaments

• 1st Janken Taikai - Didn't Qualify
• 2nd Janken Taikai - Didn't Participate (Suspension)
• 3rd Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Nakagawa Haruka)
• 4th Janken Taikai - #4 (Lost to Kamieda Emika)
• 6th Janken Taikai - Round 1 (Lost to Nakanishi Chiyori)

Team History

AKB48 Kenkyuusei → Team Unknown → Team 4 → Team B → Team B and Team KII → Team KII → Graduation

Joined AKB48 as a Kenkyuusei on September 20, 2009 (Debut: November 15, 2009)

Promoted to Team Unknown on December 8, 2010 (AKB48's 5th Anniversary)

Transferred to Team 4 on June 6, 2011

Transferred to Team B on August 24, 2012 (Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle)

Had a Concurrent Position in SKE48's Team KII since April 28, 2013 (AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai) until February 24, 2014

Transferred to SKE48's Team KII on February 24, 2014 (AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri)

Graduated from SKE48 Team KII on May 21, 2022 (Announcement: October 9, 2021 | Graduation Ceremony: April 1, 2022 at Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall | Final Theater Performance: April 23, 2022 | Last activity: May 21, 2022)

Singles Participation

SKE48 A-Sides

Utsukushii Inazuma Sansei Kawaii! Mirai to wa? Bukiyou Taiyou 12gatsu no Kangaroo Coquettish Juutai Chuu Maenomeri Chicken LINE Kin no Ai, Gin no Ai

Igai ni Mango Muishiki no Iro Ikinari Punch Line Stand by you FRUSTRATION So~Yu~Toko Aru Yo Ne? Koi Ochi Flag Ano Koro no Kimi wo Mitsuketa Kokoro ni Flower

SKE48 B-Sides

Futari dake no Parade (Utsukushii Inazuma) Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (Sansei Kawaii!) S-ko to Usohakkenki (Mirai to wa?) Coming soon (Bukiyou Taiyou) Tomodachi no Mama de (Bukiyou Taiyou) Sayonara Kinou no Jibun (Bukiyou Taiyou) DADA Machine Gun (12gatsu no Kangaroo) Ai no Rule (12gatsu no Kangaroo) Konya wa Join us! (Coquettish Juutai Chuu) Yoru no Kyoukasho (Coquettish Juutai Chuu) Shozo ga kono Boku wo Damenisuru (Maenomeri) Kiss Position (Chicken LINE) Tabi no Tochuu (Chicken LINE)

Happy Ranking (Kin no Ai, Gin no Ai) En wo Egaku (Igai ni Mango) Kiseki no Ryuuseigun (Igai ni Mango) Yoake no Coyote (Muishiki no Iro) We're Growing Up (Muishiki no Iro) Dareka no Mimi (Ikinari Punch Line) Hana no Kaori no Symphony (Ikinari Punch Line) Ketobashita Ato de Kuchizuke wo (Stand by you) Jimotomintachi yo (Stand by you) Kamisama wa Misutenai (Stand by you) Game Shimasen ka? (FRUSTRATION) Umarekawatte mo (Kokoro ni Flower) (Solo)

SKE48 Sub-Unit B-Sides

• Ano saki no Mirai Made (Koppu no Naka no Komorebi)

AKB48 A-Sides

• Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru
• Labrador Retriever
• Sentimental Train

AKB48 B-Sides

Boku no YELL (Ponytail to Shushu) Fruits Snow (Chance no Junban) Ougon Center (Sakura no Ki ni Narou) Yankee Soul (Everyday, Kachuusha) Anti (Everyday, Kachuusha) Dakishimecha Ikenai (Flying Get) Seishun to Kizukanai Mama (Flying Get) Mitsu no Namida (Manatsu no Sounds Good!) (1 of 6 Centers) Show Fight! (Gingham Check) Seigi no Mikata Janai Hero (UZA) Watashitachi no Reason (Eien Pressure) Sokode inu no unchi fun jau ka ne? (So long!) Waiting Room (So long!) Romance Kenjuu (Sayonara Crawl) Kondo Koso Ecstasy (Koi Suru Fortune Cookie) Kaisoku to Doutai Shiryoku (Heart Ereki)

Tiny T-Shirt (Heart Ereki) Escape (Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru) KONJO (Mae Shika Mukanee) Seikaku ga Warui Onna no Ko (Kokoro no Placard) Utaitai (Kibouteki Refrain) Sekai ga Naiteru Nara (Green Flash) Sayonara Surfboard (Halloween Night) Gonna Jump (Kimi wa Melody) Densetsu no Sakana (LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai) Better (High Tension) Vacancy (Shoot Sign) Ima Para (Negaigoto no Mochigusare) Darashinai Aishikata (＃SukiNanda) Ai no Moake (Jabaja) Soredemo Kanojo wa (NO WAY MAN)

Albums Participation

SKE48 Albums

• Natsu yo, Isoge! (Kakumei no Oka)
• Zero Base (Kakumei no Oka)
• Horizon (Kakumei no Oka)

AKB48 Albums

High school days (Koko ni Ita koto) Koko ni Ita koto (Koko ni Ita koto) First Rabbit (1830m) Chokkaku Sunshine (1830m) Aozora yo Sabishikunai ka? (1830m)

Stoic na Bigaku (Tsugi no Ashiato) Ponkotsu Blues (Tsugi no Ashiato) Kanashiki Kinkyori Renai (Tsugi no Ashiato) Ikitsuzukeru (Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de tobe!) Dare ga Watashi wo Nakaseta? (Thumbnail)

Units

Stage Units

RS2 (Idol no Yoake)

Zannen Shoujo

RS3 (Renai Kinshi Jourei)

Manatsu no Christmas Rose

RS4 (Theater no Megami)

Yokaze no Shiwaza

41 (Boku no Taiyou)

Higurashi no Koi

Team B Waiting Stage

Namida ni Shizumu Taiyou

KII4 (Theater no Megami)

Locker Room Boy

KII3 (Ramune no Nomikata)

Nice to meet you! (Revival)

KII5 (0Start)

Kimi ni Tsuite

Concert Units

Surprise wa Arimasen

• Nagisa no CHERRY

Unit Matsuri 2012

• Skirt, Hirari

Gyomu Renraku. Tanomuzo, Katayama Bucho! in Saitama Super Arena

• Ame no Doubutsuen

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2012

• Wasshoi Shiro!
• Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc

SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013

• Manazashi, Sayonara

AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Mada mada, Yaranakya Ikenai koto ga aru~

Nagoya Dome

• Cross

SKE48 National Tour

Kobe World Hall

• Gomen ne, SUMMER

Yokohama Arena

• Omoide Ijou
• Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa

AKB48 8th Anniversary

• Kimi Dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu!

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2013

• Majisuka Rock'n'Roll

Unit Matsuri 2014

• Stoic na Bigaku

AKB48 Sister Groups in Saitama Super Arena

SKE48

• Shoujo wa Manatsu ni Nani wo Suru?

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2014

• Kanpeki Gu~no ne

Takajo Aki and Nagao Mariya Graduation Concert

• RIVER
• Hashire! Penguin
• Sobakasu no Kiss
• Avocado Jane~shi...

SKE48 Zenkoku Tour ～Ki wa Juku Shita. Zenkoku e Ikou!～

Shizuoka

• Escape
• Senaka Kara Dakishimete

Minna, Nakunjaneezo. Miyazawa Sae Graduation Concert in Nippon Gaishi Hall

• Hanabi wa Owaranai
• Kataomoi Finally
• Tenohira
• UZA
• Viva! Hurricane

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020

• Douki
• Cross

Oba Mina Graduation Concert @ Pacifico Yokohama

• Yokaze no Shiwaza (Solo)
• Cross (Center)
• Higurashi no Koi (Duet with Takeuchi Miyu)
• Migikata
• Umarekawatte mo (Solo)
• Tooku ni Itemo (Solo)
• Romance Kakurenbo (Solo)
• Hikkoshimashita (Duet with Tani Marika)
• Miniskirt no Yosei (Center)
• Kimi ni Tsuite (Center)
• Nice to meet you! (Center)
• Finland Miracle (Center)
• 20nin Shimai no Uta (Center)

Solo Songs

• Umarekawatte mo (Kokoro ni Flower)

Photobooks

• [2019.08.02] Hontou no Imi de Otona ni naru Toiukoto
• [2020.11.15] Kotae Awase

Media Appearances

Movies

• Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou (私立バカレア高校) (2012)
• Hell Girl (地獄少女) (2019) – Mikuriya Sanae
• Little Subculture Wars ~Villevan! no Gyakushuu~ (リトル・サブカル・ウォーズ ～ヴィレヴァン！の逆襲～) (2020)

Dramas

• Majisuka Gakuen (マジスカ学園) (2010) – Student at graduation ceremony
• Majisuka Gakuen 2 (マジスカ学園2) (2011) – Toshima
• Hanazakari no Kimitachi e〜 Ikemen☆ Paradise〜 (花ざかりの君たちへ〜イケメン☆パラダイス〜) (2011) – Abeno Erika
• Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou (私立バカレア高校) (2012) – Ushiromiya Saya
• Majisuka Gakuen 3 (マジスカ学園3) (2012) – Daasu
• So long! (2013) – Saotome Mami
• AKB Horror Night Adrenaline no Yoru (AKBホラーナイト　アドレナリンの夜) (2015) – Asuka
• AKB Love Night Koi Koujou (AKBラブナイト 恋工場) (2016)
• Sasurai Onsen ♨ Endou Kenichi (さすらい温泉♨遠藤憲一) (2019) – Oga Mina
• Ukemen (ウケメン) (2020)
• Kojou e Ikou III (テレビ愛知ローカル) (2020)
• Last Train to Nagoya Vol.8 (名古屋行き最後列車 Vol.8) (Nagoya-iki Sasishuu Ressha Vol.8) (2020)
• Last Train to Nagoya ~ SKE48 Special (名古屋行き最後列車〜SKE48 Special) (Nagoya-iki Sasishuu Ressha ~ SKE48 Special) (2020)
• Bokura wa Koi ga Heta Sugiru (僕らは恋がヘタすぎる) (2020) – Sae
• Last Train to Nagoya Vol.9 (名古屋行き最後列車 Vol.9) (Nagoya-iki Sasishuu Ressha Vol.9) (2021)

Variety Shows

• AKBINGO! (2011 – 2019)
• Shukan AKB
• AKB48 Nemousu Terebi (Season 7/9)
• Saturday Night Child Machine (2012)
• AKB48 no Anta, Dare?
• Tokai TV (2019)

Stage Plays

• AKB49 ~Renai Kinshi Jourei~ The Musical (2014) – Kenkyuusei
• Haken Anime! (2019)

Gallery

Oba Mina (2018)

Oba Mina 10th Senbatsu Election Poster (2018)

Oba Mina 9th Senbatsu Election Poster (2017)

Oba Mina (2017)

Oba Mina (December 2016)

Oba Mina (2016)

Oba Mina (2015)

Oba Mina (December 2015)

Oba Mina (2014)

Oba Mina (2013) (SKE48)

Oba Mina (2013) (SKE48)

Oba Mina (2013) (AKB48)

Oba Mina (2012) (AKB48)

Oba Mina (2011) (AKB48)

Oba Mina (Late 2010) (AKB48)

Oba Mina (Early 2010) (AKB48)

Oba Mina (2009) (AKB48)