Miki Yakata

Miki Yakata is one of those SKE48 members who flew mostly under the casual fan's radar but clearly meant a lot to the people who actually paid attention. Growing up in Kokonoe-machi — a genuinely tiny mountain town in Oita — and making it into one of Japan's biggest idol groups already tells you something about drive. SKE48 has always had this scrappier, more intensely loyal fanbase compared to its sister groups, and the members who thrive there tend to earn it through consistency rather than overnight viral moments. I don't know every detail of her trajectory, but that kind of idol career — built in Nagoya, rooted in a rural Kyushu upbringing — has a grounded quality to it that I find more interesting than the Tokyo-polished version.

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Miki Yakata is a Japanese TV personality and former idol born on June 29, 1992, in Kokonoe, Oita Prefecture, Japan. A former member and leader of SKE48's Team S, she has worked since leaving the group as a TV personality, radio host and voice actress, and is represented by Wonder Space.

Name (English)

Miki Yakata

Name (Japanese)

矢方美紀

Reading

やかた みき

Born

June 29, 1992 (age 34)

Origin

Kokonoe, Oita Prefecture, Japan

Height

153 cm

Occupation

Singer / Idol

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

Blood type

O

Agency

Wonder Space

Active years

2009 -

Works summary

Appearances

110 (2010–2024)

By year (titles with a known year)

2010: 3, 2011: 9, 2012: 4, 2013: 8, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 8, 2019: 4, 2020: 5, 2021: 3, 2022: 3, 2023: 5, 2024: 1, year unknown: 52

Debut work

SKE48のアイドル×アイドル

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.ske48.co.jp
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mikiyakata/
• Xhttps://x.com/yakata_mk
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%A2%E6%96%B9%E7%BE%8E%E7%B4%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3065336

Tags

• from Oita Prefecture
• Singer
• Idol

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.