Riho Kotani | |
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Native name | 小谷 里歩 |
Born | 24 August 1994 |
Origin | Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
Genres | J-pop |
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Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2010 | – present
Labels | KYORAKU Yoshimoto Holdings |
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Riho Kotani (小谷 里歩 Kotani Riho?, born 24 August 1994 in Kyoto Prefecture) is a member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She is a former member of NMB48's Team N, and a former member of AKB48.
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. 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.
In the 2014 general elections, Kotani ranked for the first time, placing 61st with 12,913 votes.
Kotani's height on her official profile is 149 cm, but she is actually 147 cm. Her future dream is to be someone who appears frequently on variety shows, commercials and information programmes.
On March 26, 2015, it was announced that she would release from her concurrent position in AKB48.
On February 4, 2016, Kotani graduated from NMB48 Team N and change her stage name as Riho Miaki (三秋里歩?).