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Suzuki Mina (스즈키 미나) is a Hong-Kongese-Japanese dancer, martial artist, and rapper under Highline Media. She is the leader, main rapper, lead dancer, and visual of the girl group PHANT(O)M. She is also best known for being a participant in Japanese survival show Girls' Fantasy: Japan and a former contestant in Thai dance competition show World of Dance Thailand.
Suzuki has been a dancer since 2013, when she joined one of the best dance schools in Hong Kong - BeDREX. Apart of being a dancer, Suzuki is also known for her rapping and modeling skills. She was also known as a member of Tokyo-based multinational E-sport team Champion Angels, whom regularly participated in game tournaments like PUBG, CS:GO and League of Legends tournaments until her resignation in 2023 to pursue her dancing and rapping career.
Early life[]
Suzuki Mina was born as Chan Suk Wai on June 6, 2006 in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong as the only daughter of businessman Chan Chi Tong and his wife, singer-turned-model Suzuki Chiasa, who is Japanese but was born in Taiwan.
Mina spoke only Cantonese until 5, when Chiasa decided to learn her Japanese. At age 7, her parents discovered that Mina is a dance prodigy, but she didn't want to be a dancer, as she dreamed to be an actress instead. However, a few months later, Suzuki changed her mind and joined BeDREX, where she improved her skills. In 2014, her father died in a fatal car accident.
Career[]
2013-2019[]
After months of thinking, in 2013 Mina joined BeDREX. At first, the instructors were not too pleased with her presence, as she was much younger than the other students. However, within a few months of studying, Mina's abilities allowed her to move up to the advanced group, which gave her a chance to take part in a K-pop dance competition held in Seoul. Her group won the competition, beating the other groups, including from South Korea. It was at this point that Mina was noticed by several agencies, but she declined the offer as she wanted to focus on her studies and training, which came easily for her age. In 2016, due to her excellent skills, the school management considered Mina's skills to be perfect and suggested her individual training. Initially, Suzuki was hesitant to leave the group or pursue an individual career. Finally, after 2 years from the proposal, in 2018 Mina decided to graduate from BeDREX, focusing only on herself from then on. She took part in Thai dance competition show World of Dance Thailand, finishing it at 4th place. Mina, despite that she was the youngest contestant in the show, became popular due to her fluency in Thai and her spectacular performances. Later that year, she launched her official YouTube channel called MINA Official. her first project titled I'm MINA, which focused solely on dancing covers. In December 2018, Mina announced that she will began "a new chapter in [her] career starting from 2019".
2019-2023[]
On January 3, 2019, Mina revealed the name of her fandom, MINATIC, during an Instagram live. Suzuki interpreted the name as a thank you to its fans, who, as she admits many times, "are fantastic". The name is a combination of her name and the word "fantastic". A few days later, she was spotted on the Twitch stream of acclaimed Tokyo-based multinational Esports team Champion Angels, specializing in CS:GO, League of Legends, and since 2020 PUBG. Mina later explained that she visited her friend who belongs to the team and encouraged her to join. On January 15, 2019, Mina was revealed as a member of Champion Angels. Her first tournament to feature her was held in Singapore in March. The group didn't win, but Mina had become familiar with E-sports, as she has been streaming games herself for 3 years. However, she did not neglect her dance career, taking part in dance competitions and achieving great results. In addition, she also learned new dance styles, thanks to which she became more and more recognizable not only in Hong Kong, but also outside Asia. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the participation of the municipality in competitions has become practically impossible. However, she decided to continue her dancing career on social media. In June 2020, Mina announced that she planned to move to Japan next year, where she would finish her education and start her idol career. Later, due to personal reasons, she postponed it to mid-2022. Finally, in June 2022, Mina moved to Japan. At first, she wanted to audition for avex, but later she chose UTOPIA Japan - UTOPIA Label's Japanese subsidiary. On July 1, 2022, Suzuki Mina was revealed as it's first trainee. Later that day, she announced that she will end her project I'm MINA by the end of July as she wanted to start something new. Mina decided to take rapping classes to improve her rapping skills, which she has been showing for 2 years. In October, she took part in her first rapping competition in Tokyo, which she has won.
2023-present: Girls' Fantasy: Japan, departure from UTOPIA Japan, PHANT(O)M[]
On March 30, 2023, Mina announced her departure from Champion Angels after 4 years and 2 months. She said that she will not cut ties with her teammates and will continue her streaming career on her own. Mina also added, that the reason why she decided to departure from the team was her wish to pursue her dancing and rapping career. However, according to her Instagram live, she hasn't deleted her gaming accounts as the fans could see her playing CS:GO on computer. On July 5, Mina announced that she will begin her second individual project called MINA: Road To The Fame, where she will post 2 covers (1 dance and 1 rap) every month until November. On July 20 she was annouced as a contestant on the Japanese survival show Girls' Fantasy: Japan, which will be aired from November. Later that day Mina revealed that her project "is only a percent of [her] preparation to the show [Girl's Fantasy: Japan]". Unfortunately, despite being one of the more popular trainees on the show, she unfortunately placed 12th overall, not being able to debut with IO.
On May 1, 2024, she announced her departure from UTOPIA Japan. She deleted her social media soon after.
On September 22, she was announced as the fifth and final member of PHANT(O)M, a group produced by former SERAIN member Kyungbyeol.
Artistry[]
Mina has stated various artists as her role models and primary music inspirations, such as Namie Amuro, Jackson Wang, Meng Jia, Ten and Lisa. She also names Heli☼sa as the group that pushed her to pursue an idol career.
Personal life[]
Mina is bisexual and is a huge supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. She has described himself as a "spiritual individual" but does not associate herself with any religions or cults, which she later confirmed that she is an Atheist. During her Halloween live on Instagram she expressed her beliefs in the supernatural forces and has claimed to be able to see things that the naked eye couldn't see.
In 2022, Mina received a fourth-degree black belt in Taekwondo after 8 years of practice.
Filmography[]
Survival shows[]
- World of Dance Thailand (One31; 2018) - contestant
- Girls' Fantasy: Japan (TokiToki, SCS; 2023) - contestant
Projects[]
- I'm MINA (YouTube; 2018-2022)
- MINA: Road To The Fame (YouTube; 2023)
Endorsements[]
- Puma (2017)
- Addidas (2017)
- Toshiba (2018)
- Acer (2019)
- Visa (2019)
- Pepsi (2020)
- Valorant (2020)
- League Of Legends (2021)
- Sprite (2022)
- Toyota (2023)
Awards and Nominations[]
See: List of awards and nominations received by Suzuki Mina
Due to her participation in many dancing and rapping competitions, Mina has received many awards and nominations for both group and individual performances. She is best known for taking part in one of the best dancing competitions in the Asia Dance World Cup Asian Cup 3 times in a row (2017, 2018, 2019) and in World of Dance Thailand (2018), in which she was ranked 4th place. Apart from competitions, Mina was nominated for content maker of the year by American Influencer Awards in 2022.
Trivia[]
- Family: Parents (her father died in 2014 due to fatal car accident)
- Languages: Cantonese (native), Japanese (advanced), Korean (advanced), Mandarin Chinese (fluent), English (fluent), Thai (fluent), French (communicative)
- Role models: Namie Amuro, Jackson Wang, Meng Jia, Ten, Lisa
- Specialty: Dance, Rap, Taekwondo, Kung Fu, Surfing
- Her first dance genre was breakdancing.
- She has a 145 IQ.
- Mina began her education at age 4, while she graduated from high school in 2022.
- Mina has practised in Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, and the United States.
- Mina has several social media accounts including Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Twich.
- She's mostly active on YouTube, Instagram and Twitch.
- She is known to be very flexible.
- Prior to Girls' Fantasy: Japan, Mina has trained on her own for 5 years.
- If counting her time at BeDREX, she has trained for 10 years.
- Despite that she quit the E-sport industry, Mina continues her streaming career.
- Her favorite school subject is PE.
- Mina took part in a few international dance competitions, where she received many awards.
- Her favorite talent show is Street Woman Fighter.
- Mina decided to give up her Hong Kong citizenship in 2022.
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