Nako Yabuki

In 2018, Nako participated in reality girl group survival show Produce 48 and became a member of Korean-Japanese idol group Iz*One. She and the other two Japanese members of the group will take a hiatus from their respective Japanese groups until their contracts with Iz*One expire in April 2021.

She joined HKT48 in November 2013. From 2015 to 2017, she was a concurrent member of AKB48. In 2018, she competed in the South Korean survival show Produce 48. She placed sixth and debuted as a member of Iz*One. She is an exclusive model for Love Berry. She is also known for her role as young Minami Asakura in the film Touch (2005).

Yabuki is a fan of Rino Sashihara. During an AKB48 handshake event, she met Sashihara, who told her to audition for the group. Yabuki decided to audition for HKT48 instead, after Sashihara was demoted and transferred to HKT48. In 2013, she passed the third generation auditions for HKT48.

Since debuted in 2013, Yabuki already take a part in sixth edition of AKB48's annual general election. This is Yabuki ranking placement :

Yabuki made her film debut as young Minami Asakura in the coming-of-age film Touch in 2005. Two years later, she appeared in JCB and Dainichi (ja) commercials. In 2009, she appeared in the made for television films Detective Samonji Susumu and My Father's Longest Day. She appeared in a Koala's March commercial in 2011. In 2012, she appeared in the short film On the Shinhori River. The following year, she appeared in the tokusatsu superhero film Gatchaman.

Nako Yabuki (矢吹奈子 , Yabuki Nako, born 18 June 2001) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group HKT48 and part of the South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz*One after the competition television show Produce 48.