Either is possible, but if they spent a fair enough amount of time in Illinois as well, I'd guess that it was probably an administrative position in auto manufacture. When someone from Japan comes in for ag in the South, I'd generally expect them to land in Arkansas rather than Alabama. There had been pictures found of Miki from her time in school/dance classes, so the town was probably mentioned in a thread somewhere, but it's not coming to mind for me.
Nonaka Miki (野中美希)
#4781
Posted 19 September 2019 - 01:27 PM
#4782
Posted 19 September 2019 - 03:57 PM
There are more industries than just auto and companies people in the US normally would never know of. The expats I've known have ranged from grad students, chip fabrication, and even waste/recycling.
#4783
Posted 19 September 2019 - 05:06 PM
On the other hand, unless I'm misremembering something she has described her time in Alabama as deeply in the countryside... farm animals and the like, which doesn't scream "Huntsville" to me.
#4784
Posted 19 September 2019 - 07:47 PM
Toyota expats would have been more likely in San Antonio during that time frame, and there's still the time in Illinois to account for.
#4785
Posted 19 September 2019 - 09:00 PM
She studied in the Applause Fine Arts School in Sheffield (Alabama).
#4786
Posted 19 September 2019 - 09:56 PM
Most likely NAL-Koito Manufacturing then. Head office is in Illinois and they have a plant in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
#4787
Posted 19 September 2019 - 10:38 PM
Nonaka's mom is cute. I guess the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree.
Thanks to all for your insights. I've tried and failed to find this sort of information for years already, so it's a relief to finally know what I didn't.
(Although now that I know there's a possible Muscle Shoals connection, I can't help imaginging Nonaka in a Skynrd t-shirt...)
#4788
Posted 20 September 2019 - 10:44 AM
Look at posts on page 6 of this thread for where she lived in Illinois and Alabama, as well as the company we think her father worked for.
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#4789
Posted 21 September 2019 - 08:54 AM
Her father works for an automotive Lighting company, headquartered in Shizuoka (where she is from and where they moved back to after returning to Japan) with plants in Muscle Shoals and some small town in southern Illinois.
While Muscle Shoals is a city, it's not that big so she would have experienced plenty of countryside while there.
#4790
Posted 06 October 2019 - 11:11 PM
#4791
Posted 07 October 2019 - 06:38 AM
Happy Birthday Miki.
#4792
Posted 07 October 2019 - 09:34 AM
#4793
Posted 07 October 2019 - 10:01 AM
Oops, happy birthday, Miki (a little delayed)
If you speak Spanish and like first times of Hello! Project, you can pay a visit to my blog Yaguchi y Yo (Yaguchi and Me).
Si entiendes español y te gusta la primera época de Hello! Project, puedes visitar mi blog Yaguchi y Yo.
#4794
Posted 07 October 2019 - 03:57 PM
happy birthday
#4795
Posted 07 October 2019 - 06:12 PM
happy birthday Chel,, my fave 12th gen,,
#4796
Posted 08 October 2019 - 09:55 AM
#4797
Posted 13 October 2019 - 12:20 PM
#4798
Posted 20 October 2019 - 04:37 PM
#4799
Posted 21 October 2019 - 12:19 PM
Good color - and she looks great!!!
neither Hell nor earth below.
#4800
Posted 21 October 2019 - 02:16 PM
Yes!!! and it's her member color too, so it's even more fitting.
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