Ayaka Kikuchi (singer)

Ayaka Kikuchi (菊地 あやか, 菊地 彩香, Kikuchi Ayaka, born 30 June 1993 in Katsushika, Tokyo)[2] is a Japanese singer, actress, former model and a former member of idol group AKB48.[3] She was fired after it was revealed that she broke the "boyfriends prohibited" policy of her management agency.[4] She was a member of Team B and had returned to AKB48 as one of the seventh generation AKB48 Research Students,[5] later Team K and finally Team A.[6][7]

Ayaka Kikuchi
菊地 あやか
Ayaka Kikuchi as a member of AKB48
Ayaka Kikuchi as a member of AKB48
Background information
Also known as
  • Ayarin (あやりん)
  • Kikuji (きくぢ)
Born (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31)
OriginTokyo, Japan
GenresJ-pop
OccupationsSinger, model, actress
Years active2007
LabelsKing Records
Formerly ofWatarirouka Hashiritai 7[1]

Profile

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  • Height: 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2013)[8]
  • Agency:
    • AKS (8 April 2007 – 27 June 2008; 20 December 2008 – 28 February 2010)
    • Production Ogi (28 June 2008 – contract cancelled on 14 August 2008; 1 March 2010 – 31 May 2016[9])

Discography

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Singles

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Single Song Member of Ref.
"Romance, Irane"
"Sakura no Hanabiratachi"
"Baby! Baby! Baby!"
"River" "Kimi no koto ga Sukidakara" Under Girls
"Sakura no Shiori" "Choose me!" Team YJ
"Ponytail to Shushu" "Nusuma reta Kuchibiru" Under Girls
"Beginner" "Boku dake no value"
"Chance no Junban" "Alive" Team K
"Sakura no Ki ni Narō" "Gūzen no Jūjiro" Under Girls
"Everyday, Katyusha"
"Flying Get" "Seishun to Kizukanai mama"
"Kaze wa Fuiteiru" "Kimi no Senaka" Under Girls
"Ue kara Mariko" "Zero Sam Taiyō" Team K
"Give Me Five!" "Hitsujikai no Tabi" Special Girls B
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!" "3Ttsu no Namida" Special Girls
"Gingham Check" "Show fight!" Future Girls [10][11]
"Uza" "Kodokuna Hoshizora" Team A
"Eien Pressure" "Watashitachi no Reason"
"So Long!" "Waiting room" Under Girls
"Ruby" Shinoda Team A
"Sayonara Crawl" "Ikirukoto" Team A
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" "Suitei Marmalade" Future Girls
"Heart Electric" "Kaisoku to Dōtai Shiryoku" Under Girls
"Kiss made Countdown" Team A
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de "Kimi no Hohoemi o Yume ni Miru" to Itte Shimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dō Kawatte Shimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Mae shika Mukanee" "Kimi no Uso o Shitteita" Beauty Giraffes

Albums

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Album Song Member of
Kamikyokutachi "Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby!"
"Kimi to Niji to Taiyō to"
Koko ni Ita Koto "Boku nidekirukoto" Team K
"Wagamama Collection"
"Koko ni Ita Koto"
1830m "Iede no Yoru" Team K
"Aozora yo: Sabishikunai ka?" AKB48+SKE48+NMB48+HKT48
Tsugi no Ashiato "Kakushin ga moteru mono" Team A

Stage

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Title Song
Team B 1st Stage "Seishun Girls" "Ame no Dōbutsuen"
Team B 2nd Stage "Aitakatta" "Nageki no Figure"
"Glass no I Love You"
"Senaka kara Dakishimete"
"Rio no Kakumei"
Team B 3rd Stage "Pajama Drive" "Kagami no Naka no Jeanne d 'Arc"
Team K 4th Stage "Saishū Bell ga Naru" "Gomen ne Jewel"
Team A 5th Stage "Renai Kinshi Jōrei" "Squall no Ma ni"
"Manatsu no Christmas Rose"
"Tsundere!"
"Kuroi Tenshi"
Team B 4th Stage "Idol no Yoake" "Kataomoi no Taikakusen"
"Zannen Shōjo"
Team Research Students "Idol no Yoake" "Zannen Shōjo"
Team K 5th Stage "Gyaku Agari" "Dakishime raretara"
Theatre G-Rosso "Yume o Shina seru wake ni ikanai" "Confession"
Team K 6th Stage "Reset" "Ashita no tame ni Kiss o"
Team A 2nd Stage "Aitakatta" "Glass no I Love You"

Filmography

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TV dramas

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Year Title Role Network
2010 Majisuka Gakuen Majisuka Gakuen student TV Tokyo
2011 Majisuka Gakuen 2 Comeback
2013 So long ! NTV

Variety

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Year Title Network
2008 AKB 1-ji 59 fun! NTV
AKB 0-ji 59 fun!
2009 Shūkan AKB TV Tokyo
AKBingo! NTV
2010 AKB48 Neshin TV Family Gekijo
Nekketsu Bo-So TV CTV
2011 AKB to ×× YTV
AKB48 Conte: Bimyō Hikari TV Channel
2012 AKB48 no anta, Dare? NotTV
Bimyō na Tobira AKB48 no Gachichare Hikari TV Channel
2013 Junji Inagawa no Kowai Hanashi: Honke Honmoto 7 Yoru Renzoku NotTV

Anime television

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Year Title Role Network
2012 Crayon Shin-chan Ayorin TV Asahi

Films

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Year Title Role
2009 Three Day Boys
2010 X Game Rika Meiji
2011 Mary-san no Denwa Mayuko
2012 Shinobido Uchimatsu
2014 Sukima Onna: Gekijō-ban Koharu Tamo

Stage

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2010 Arts Fusion in Kanagawa Drill Tamashī Yokohama Gachinko-hen

Radio

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Year Title Network
2007 On 8 Hashira Night! with AKB48 Bay FM
2008 AKB48 Ashita made mō chotto. NCB
2009 AKB48 Odaiba Fitain Decks Tokyo Bay Studio
2011 AKB48 no All Night Nippon NBS
2014 Listen –Live 4 Life– NCB

Advertisements

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Year Title
2013 Will Selection "Disney Marie Collection"
Tōkai Dō Hyō Kawa Mooncake

Video games

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Year Title Role
2008 Moeru Mājan: Moejan! Monkuki Honda
2010 AKB1/48 Idol to Koi shitara... Herself
2011 AKB1/48 Idol to Guam de Koi shitara...
2012 AKB1/149 Ren'ai Sōsenkyo

Music videos

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Year Title
2014 Yunhak from Supernova "Kimi no subetewo Aishite ita yo"

Bibliography

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Magazine

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Year Title Ref.
2014 Maquia [12]

Calendars

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Year Title
2011 Ayaka Kikuchi 2012-nen Calendar
2012 Takujō: Ayaka Kikuchi 2013-nen Calendar
2013 Takujō: Ayaka Kikuchi 2014-nen Calendar

References

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  1. ^ 菊地からファンの皆様へ. AKB48 Official Blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. 28 Feb 2010. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  2. ^ "交通事故防止イベントにAKB菊地あやかさん出席-交通安全訴える". Katsushika Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 29 Nov 2010. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  3. ^ Kikuchi, Ayaka (14 Apr 2014). "Google+ 菊地あやか" (in Japanese). Google+. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  4. ^ 菊地彩香の件について. AKB48 Official Blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. 14 Aug 2008. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  5. ^ 研究生菊地について. AKB48 Official Blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. 18 Jan 2009. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  6. ^ 組閣後新体制. AKB48 Official Blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. 24 Aug 2012. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  7. ^ "AKBたかみな総監督、チームA初日に「100点」 新キャプテン篠田も達成感". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. 3 Nov 2012. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  8. ^ AKB48 Sō Senkyo Kōshiki Guide Book 2013. Kodansha. p. 119.
  9. ^ 菊地あやか 契約終了のお知らせ. AKB48 Team Ogi (in Japanese). Production Ogi. 16 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2016-06-16. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  10. ^ "AKB48 27thシングル選抜総選挙 開票結果". AKB48 Official Blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. 6 Jun 2012. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  11. ^ "AKB48 32ndシングル選抜総選挙 開票結果". AKB48 Official Blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. 8 Jun 2013. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
  12. ^ "AKB菊地あやか、卒業→雑誌専属モデル". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 21 Apr 2014. Retrieved 12 Mar 2017.
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