Miona Hori

I have a soft spot for Miona Hori, the Gifu girl who got dropped straight into the deep end of one of Japan's biggest idol machines as a later-generation pickup and somehow stood there looking unbothered. That face is almost suspiciously perfect, the kind of doll-like symmetry that makes you wonder if someone rendered her, and I'd find it intimidating if she didn't keep undercutting it with these soft, slightly goofy moments the second she opens her mouth. That gap is the whole charm for me. What I respect most is the restlessness: idol, model, TV, then off chasing YouTube, never content to coast on the visuals. There's clearly a ton of quiet grinding behind the polish, and I end up rooting for her almost without deciding to.

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Miona Hori is a Japanese idol, talent, fashion model, and YouTuber born on October 15, 1996, in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture. She is associated with Nogizaka46, a major Japanese idol group, and has extended her activities across modeling, variety entertainment, and online content creation. Her current agency affiliation is private. She is active across Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Name (English)

Miona Hori

Name (Japanese)

堀未央奈

Reading

ほり みおな

Born

October 15, 1996 (age 29)

Origin

Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Height

162 cm

Occupation

Idol / Talent / Fashion Model / YouTuber

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

Blood type

O

Agency

am合同会社

Active years

2013 -

Works summary

Appearances

76 (2014–2026)

By year

2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2016: 5, 2017: 5, 2019: 6, 2020: 6, 2021: 12, 2022: 13, 2023: 3, 2024: 7, 2025: 8, 2026: 3

Debut work

Rの法則

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.nogizaka46.com/member/detail/horimiona.php
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/horimiona_2nd/
• Xhttps://x.com/miona_book
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A0%80%E6%9C%AA%E5%A4%AE%E5%A5%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24838611

Tags

• From Gifu Prefecture
• Idol
• Talent
• Fashion Model

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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