Itano Tomomi

Name

Itano Tomomi

Itano Tomomi Official Hori Pro Profile (2018)


Kanji	板野友美
Kana	いたのともみ
Romaji	Itano Tomomi
Nickname	Tomochin (ともちん)

Birth Info

Birthdate	July 3, 1991
Birthplace	Kanagawa, Japan
Blood type	A
Current Age	33 Years Old

Sizes

Height	154cm

Professional Info

Agency	Hori Pro
Social Networks	Official Fanclub / Facebook / Instagram / Threads / TikTok / Twitter / YouTube / Weibo

Idol Career Info

Former Group	AKB48
Former Team	Team K
Debuted	December 2005 / 1st Generation
Graduated	August 2013

Itano Tomomi was a member of AKB48's Team K. She now has a solo career, affiliated with Hori Pro. She is also the producer of the group RoLuANGEL.

1 Catchphrase
2 Trivia
3 AKB48 Senbatsu Elections
4 AKB48 Janken Tournaments
5 Solo Singles
6 Solo Mini Albums
7 Solo Albums
8 Digital Singles
9 Team History
10 Singles Participation
11 Albums Participation
- 11.1 AKB48 Albums
12 Units
13 Solo Concerts
14 Photobooks
15 DVDs
- 15.1 Solo DVDs
16 Media Appearances
- 16.1 Dramas
- 16.2 Variety Shows
17 Gallery

Catchphrase

お耳がピョンピョン！元気なバンビー、ともちんこと板野友美です

Omimi ga PYONPYON! Genki na BANBII, Tomochin koto Itano Tomomi desu

(My ears are pyon pyon (boing boing)! Energetic Bambi, I'm Itano Tomomi also known as Tomochin)

Note that in 2010 she stopped using this catchphrase, and had no catchphrase afterword.

Trivia

Audition song: ID; Peace B (BoA)
Hobbies: Swimming, dancing, long-distance running, shopping, collecting small sparkly items
Charm point: Petite mouth, yaeba (snaggletooth)
Favorite characters: Marie from Disney's "The Aristocats", Lady from "Lady and the Tramp"
Favorite drink: Hot green tea
Favorite foods: French toast, cherries, meat (pot stickers, yakisoba, raw meat)
Favorite manga: Peach Girl
Favorite members: Oku Manami, Maeda Ami
Good friends with: Maeda Atsuko, Kasai Tomomi (WTomo)
Before joining AKB48, she was as a member of a dance group called GIRLSBOX.
- She specialized in hip-hop dancing, and initially struggled with the idol style dancing of AKB48.
She was born in Osaka, and moved to Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture when she was in fourth grade.
She has a younger sister named Narumi who is an actress. She calls her sister "Nene".
Her father is a bank clerk and her mother is an elementary school teacher.
The first CD she ever bought was "Moment" by SPEED. She says SPEED was the reason she got interested in the entertainment industry.
She frequently goes out for karaoke and enjoys singing songs by SPEED, BoA and Ai Otsuka.
At the time she auditioned for AKB48, she had dyed brown hair. However, Akimoto Yasushi required all members to dye her hair black before AKB48's debut. As a result, she debuted with a short black bob hairstyle.
- Around the time of the Team A 2nd Stage in 2006, she dyed her hair back to brown. She dyed it without company permission, and was the first in AKB48 to do so. Akimoto Yasushi decided they would not punish her, saying "Every class needs one exception". The hair dye ban was eventually abolished for the entire group.
- At this time she also began to show a gyaru/gal image, wearing earrings and gyaru fashion.
She was known to be one of the most fashionable members of AKB48.
She has many female fans.
Her personality has been described as dry and direct, but also kind and honest. She was called a "little devil" character on AKBINGO.
- Maeda Atsuko and Akimoto Sayaka both said that Tomomi seems to enjoy being teased, even though she claims to dislike it.
She is known for being tasteless when it comes to food. In an early episode of AKBINGO!, the staff created a segment called "ToMichelin" (in reference to the Michelin Star restaurant rating system) and took her to the most poorly-rated ramen restaurant in Tokyo. Tomomi ate it and enjoyed it, while host Sata and Kashiwagi Yuki were too disgusted to eat it. She also enjoyed a sandwich made of natto, coffee jelly, and whipped cream on another segment.
- Despite this, she doesn't like foreign food.
She infamously accidentally dropped Maeda Atsuko's birthday cake on the stage at the 2010 Surprise wa Arimasen concert.
She is good friends with Umeda Erika of °C-ute.
She is the model and spokesperson for Samantha Thavassa and E-mobile.
She registered her marriage to Takahashi Keiji on January 2021.
She announced the birth of her daughter on October 10th, 2021 (exact date of birth was kept secret).
In January of 2022, decided to launch a brand together with a long-time friend. In Februrary, registered the domain "株式会社Rosy　luce　co.". On May 9th of the same year, publicly announced the launch of her brand, serving to empower women.
Is the producer of the idol group RoLuANGEL. The members include her own younger sister Itano Narumi and her husband's younger sister Takahashi Miyu.

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

1st Senbatsu Election - #7 (Media Senbatsu) (Kami 7)
2nd Senbatsu Election - #4 (Media Senbatsu) (Kami 7)
3rd Senbatsu Election - #8 (Media Senbatsu)
4th Senbatsu Election - #8 (Senbatsu)
5th Senbatsu Election - #11 (Senbatsu)

AKB48 Janken Tournaments

1st Janken Taikai - Round 1 (Lost to Ishida Haruka)
2nd Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Kitahara Rie)
3rd Janken Taikai - #13 (Lost to Uchida Mayumi)

Solo Singles

#	Title	Release date
01	Dear J	2011.01.26
02	Fui ni (ふいに)	2011.07.13
03	10nen go no Kimi e (10年後の君へ)	2012.04.25
04	1%	2013.06.12
05	little	2014.02.05
06	COME PARTY!	2014.12.17
07	Gimme Gimme Luv	2015.07.01
08	HIDE & SEEK	2016.04.20
09	#Ii ne!	2017.05.17
10	Just as I am	2018.02.28
11	Suki. Toiukoto	2019.02.13