is a Japanese television personality, actress, and former member of the
Japanese idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese popular culture, Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in other performance skills such as acting, dancing, and modeling. Idol ...
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AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...
. She is a former member of AKB48's Team A.
Career
Owada passed AKB48's 15th generation auditions on 19 January 2013. She debuted as a backdancer for Team K's stage performance on 30 April 2013. Her theater debut was on 9 June 2013. On 24 February 2014, it was announced Owada would be promoted to Team B.
In April 2014, she debuted as an actress in ''Sailor Zombie'', a drama about high school students.
On 26 March 2015, it was announced that Owada Nana would be transferred to AKB48 Team A.
On 29 November 2016, Owada announced her graduation.
On 18 March 2017, Owada graduated from the group's Team A.
Owada Nana release her first solo photobook titled "Risutaato" in September.
Private life
In May 2016, during an appearance on the radio show Myao no Heya, Okada Nana stated she had no specific gender preference in relationships, leading some to interpret her as bisexual. In a November 2023 interview with Aera Dot, she confirmed her non-binary identity and revealed she had been in relationships with both men and women during her time in AKB48, including a relationship with a woman in 2017.
In June 2024, Owada revealed through her official social media account that she had registered her marriage with her non-celebrity partner, whom she's been dating for some time.
AKBingo!
''AKBingo!'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese television variety show featuring Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The show aired weekly on Nippon Television. In each episode, members of AKB48 and occasionally their sister groups participate in ...
AKB48 Show!
''AKB48 Show!'' is a TV variety show produced by NHK in Japan, and aired weekly on BS Premium and NHK World Premium from October 5, 2013, to March 24, 2019. The show featured songs, comedy skits and short dramas performed by AKB48 and sister group ...
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Mashin Sentai Kiramager
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama. It is the 44th entry of Toei's long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries and the first series to air exclusively in the Reiwa era. ''Kiramager''s main motifs are genies, gemstones and vehicles. It is the fifth veh ...