Inaba Manaka

Inaba Manaka (稲場愛香) is a Japanese pop singer and dancer. She is a member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei under Hello! Project, she was introduced at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event on May 5, 2013.

She is previously from the idol group PEACEFUL, where she was the groups sub-leader.

Early Life
Inaba Manaka was born on December 27, 1997 in Hokkaido, Japan to a couple whose names are undisclosed. She has a younger brother.

2010-2012
In 2010, Inaba was a back-dancer for EXILE.

In 2011, Inaba passed the Hokkaido Idol Project audition, and was added to a new idol group called PEACEFUL, she was assigned the sub-leader role. The group released their first and only single, "START!!", on June 8, 2011.

On July 31, 2012 PEACEFUL disbanded.

2013
On May 5, Inaba was introduced as a member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei alongside Tanaka Karen, Mikame Kana, Fujii Rio, Mashiro Kana and Inoue Hikaru at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~.

On October 26, Inaba participated as a backdancer for Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Aki ~CHANCE!~'s Hokkaido concert.

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 * Name: Inaba Manaka (稲場愛香)
 * Nicknames: Manakan (まなかん), Ma~nyan (ま～にゃん), MANAKA
 * Birthdate:
 * Birthplace: Hokkaido, Japan
 * Blood type: B
 * Height: 151cm
 * Hello! Project Status:
 * 2013-05-05: Hello Pro Kenshuusei Member
 * Hello! Project groups:
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2013–Present)
 * Other groups:
 * PEACEFUL (2011-2012)
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 * Hobbies: music appreciation, reading, painting/drawing, having wild ideas
 * Special Skills: dance, making people laugh, English level 5
 * Favorite Food: Fruits
 * Favorite Flowers: Rose, Carnations
 * Favorite Color: Pink
 * Treasured Item: Her dreams
 * Favorite Hello! Project songs: "Wagamama Ki no Mama Ai no Joke", "Ren'ai Revolution 21", "Suki yo, Junjou Hankouki.", "Uchouten LOVE", "Suki-chan", "Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne"
 * Looks Up To:  Sayashi Riho, Miyamoto Karin

Discography Featured In
Singles=
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei
 * Ten Made Nobore! (Debut)
 * Oheso no Kuni Kara Konnichiwa / Ten Made Nobore!


 * PEACEFUL
 * START!! (Debut & Last)


 * -|Concerts=
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~6gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~9gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~12gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~


 * Morning Musume
 * Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Aki ~CHANCE!~ (as opening act)

Music Videos

 * [2012] PEACEFUL - START!!

Trivia

 * She is the second Hello Pro Kenshuusei member who came from a non-H!P idol group.
 * She trained at the dance/performing arts school EXPG in Sapporo.
 * She is the first Hello Pro Kenshuusei member from Hokkaido.
 * She's currently a first year high school student.
 * She compares herself to a cat.
 * If she saw a shooting star, she'd wish to debut.
 * She says it is her dream to join Morning Musume.
 * Kanazawa Tomoko says that Inaba is a cute girl, who is really good at dancing. Kanazawa also said that she loves Inaba. Inaba often appears in Kanazawa Tomoko's blog.
 * She wants to become better at her facial expressions.
 * She wants to try singing "Uchouten LOVE" by S/mileage, and "Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne" by Juice=Juice.
 * In live videos of PEACEFUL, she is usually wearing a yellow outfit, yellow sweater (with yellow boots) or a brown coat with yellow-squares. In Coca-Cola London Challenge, as KAKAMASASHI, she was the one wearing the black bow-tie and black gloves.
 * Her rival in Hello Pro Kenshuusei is Fujii Rio. As generation-mates they have a sense of wanting to work hard together, but her dancing is very powerful and they have been challenging each other to do better.
 * Her dream is to debut from Hello Pro Kenshuusei in 2014.
 * Tsunku's comments: "Your dancing is amazingly good. Your legs are improving beautifully. For expressions you have a nice smile. Because you're from Hokkaido I don't think you'll be able to attend everything, so I hope that you'll watch videos in your normal life and regularly copy the dances and singing so as not to fall behind. "