Juice=Juice's Blogspot: [Translate] Inaba Manaka's Interview

        She’s from Hokkaido, so going to the lessons and things has been a lot harder on her than the others, and so she puts all of her strength into every single one. She’s already seen a lot of improvement in herself and it’s been very fun.
         At voice training they teach her how to project her voice and change the accent and things like that, but even if she practices at home she won’t be able to get those little details, so she wants them to continue teaching her things like that.
         She’s trying very hard at singing while dancing, which she finds very difficult. Sometimes she has a tendency to do her movements in the choreography too big and she’ll trip or be at risk of breaking her leg, so she’s learned to get a better feel for her body to protect it while toning down the dance. However, she has a long history doing dance and never really had any seniors in that regard, so she definitely doesn’t want to lose in that.          Her rival is Fujii Rio. As generation-mates they have a sense of wanting to work hard together, but her dancing is very powerful and they have been challenging each other to do better.

Tsunku’s comments: Your dancing is amazingly good. Your legs are improving beautifully. For expressions you have a nice smile. Because you’re from Hokkaido I don’t think you’ll be able to attend everything, so I hope that you’ll watch videos in your normal life and regularly copy the dances and singing so as not to fall behind.
Next year she will be a 2nd year high school student so she wonders if this next year won’t be her last chance, so her dream is to debut within the year. She wants to become a singular presence that brings smiles and energy to lots of people.