Ayaka Kikuchi (singer)

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]

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]

  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.