Mina Ōba (大場 美奈, Ōba Mina, born April 3, 1992) is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48 of which she was captain of Team KII.
[1] On October 9, 2021, Ōba announced that she will graduate from SKE48 and leave the idol industry in April 2022, the time of her 30th birthday.
[2] Her 3-part graduation concert was on April 1 to 3 (the final day being her 30th birthday celebration).
[4] She was supposed to officially graduate from the group on April 30,[5] but she tested positive for COVID-19 on April 29, the day before her planned graduation.
[6] On January 28, 2023, Oba announced her marriage to Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks baseball player Shuta Ishikawa.