Riho Kotani (小谷 里歩, Kotani Riho, born 24 August 1994 in Kyoto Prefecture), also known by her stage name Riho Miaki (三秋 里歩, Miaki Riho) is a Japanese YouTuber who is a former member of the Japanese idol groups Yoshimotozaka46, NMB48 and AKB48.[2] She is a former member of NMB48's Team N, and a former member of AKB48's Teams A and 4.[3]
Biography
Kotani passed NMB48's 1st generation auditions in September 2010. Her debut was on October 9, 2010. In March 2011, she was selected to Team N.[4] She held a concurrent position with AKB48's Team A from August 2012 to April 2013, before holding another concurrent position in Team 4 from February 2014.[5]
In the 2014 general elections, Kotani ranked for the first time, placing 61st with 12,913 votes.[6][7]
Kotani's height on her official profile is 149 cm, but she is actually 147 cm.[8] Her future dream is to be someone who appears frequently on variety shows, commercials and information programmes.[9]
On March 26, 2015, it was announced that she would be released from her concurrent position in AKB48.[10]
On February 4, 2016, Kotani graduated from NMB48 Team N and changed her stage name to Riho Miaki (三秋里歩).[11]
On March 23, 2020, Miaki announced her engagement to fellow Yoshimotozaka46 member SHUN SHUN CLINIC P [ja] and departure from Yoshimoto Kogyo, her office at the time.[13][14] She officially graduated from Yoshimotozaka46 on March 31, 2020.
On November 1, 2020, she married SHUN SHUN CLINIC P, 7 months after the engagement announcement.[16] On February 2, 2022, she announced her first pregnancy.[17][18] On July 6, she gave birth to a baby girl.[19]
Did not sing on title track; Sang on "Yume ni Iro ga nai riyū" as Team N, "Kataomoi Yori mo Omoide wo..." and "Orera to wa". Last single to participate as part of NMB48.
