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Nagate Ayaka (real name Kimura Ayaka) is a Japanese actress. Before her debut as an actress she was a singer within Hello! Project as a member of Coconuts Musume.

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Profile

  • Stage Name: Nagate Ayaka (長手絢香), previously known as Ayaka (アヤカ) and Coconuts Musume Ayaka (ココナッツ娘。アヤカ)
  • Real Name: Kimura Ayaka (木村絢香)
  • Nicknames: Ayarin, Aatan, Aachan
  • Birthday: October 30, 1981
  • Birthplace: Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
  • Height: 161.5 cm / 5'3" 1/2
  • Blood Type: AB
  • Hobbies: English, playing the piano and violin, playing volleyball and golf, cooking
  • Favorite colors: White, pink
  • Favorite flowers: Gerberas
  • Favorite season: Summer
  • Favorite word: Love
  • Favorite food: Sukiyaki
  • Disliked food: Fried liver
  • Hello! Project Groups:
  • Subgroups:
  • Concert Units:
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History

Kimura Ayaka was born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan on October 30, 1981. She attended the Canadian Academy international school, located on Rokko Island in Kobe, and is bilingual in English and Japanese. At age 14, when her parents separated, she moved to Hawaii with her mother. In Hawaii, Ayaka continued her education by entering the Mid-Pacific Institute. After graduation, she attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa (she later studied at Sophia University in the Faculty of Comparative Culture in 2003). She worked part-time as a waitress at a curry house in Ala Moana Shopping Center called "Coco Ichibanya".

In 1998, Ayaka and Mika Todd formed a singing group with three other friends: April Barbaran, Chelsea Ching, and Danielle Delaunay. The group began performing at a small restaurant in Waikiki. While performing there, the group was spotted by ex-Sharan Q drummer Makoto, a former bandmate of ex-vocalist Tsunku, the producer and mastermind behind Hello! Project. Makoto convinced Tsunku to sign them into Hello! Project, and soon (1999), the group headed to Japan and became Coconuts Musume. "Coconuts" refers to the group's origin in Hawaii, and "Musume" refers to its sister relationship with Hello! Project's flagship group, Morning Musume. Gradually the members left the group until 2004, when Ayaka was left as the sole member.

Ayaka has been made more well-known through her Bishoujo Kyouiku segment "Ayaka no Totsugeki Eikaiwa" (Ayaka's Surprise English Lesson), in which she surprised random Morning Musume members and forced them to learn English phrases with her.

Ayaka occasionally appeared in Musume DOKYU! Eruda Yonchoume no Hitobito, and in its replacement, Uta Doki!.

In 2006, she acted alongside theater troupe Otona no Mugicha in the play Kotobuki Coffee from the 31st August until the 10th September. In 2007, Ayaka and Yasuda Kei took part in another "otomugi" production, Chigaimasu Sisters, from the 15th to the 19th of August, at the Kinokuniya Hall. Both plays are available on DVD through e-LineUP! (an Up-Front Works online shopping site).

On April 30, 2008, Ayaka suddenly left Hello! Project in order to become an actress.

On May 1st she transferred from the UP-FRONT AGENCY to Tristone under the name Nagate Ayaka.

Trivia

Works

TV

  • Mの黙示録 (M no Mokushiroku (tv asahi))
  • お願い! モーニング (Onegai! Morning (NTV))
  • [1999-2002] アイドルをさがせ! (Idol wo Sagase! (TV Tokyo))
  • [2000.11.19] 恐い日曜日 (Kowai Nichiyoubi (NTV))
  • [2001] クイズ! 赤恥青恥 (Quiz! Akappaji Aoppaji, Reporter (TBS))
  • [2001] 世界ふしぎ発見 (Sekai Fushigi Hakken, Reporter (TBS))
  • [2001-2004] 大阪発元気ダッシュ! DOYAH (Osaka Hatsu Genki Dash! DOYAH (BS2))
  • [2005] それいけ!アンパンマンくらぶ (Sore Ike! Anpanman Kurabu (BS Nippon))
  • [2007] ド短期ツメコミ教育 豪腕! コーチング!! (Do Tanki Tsume Komi Kyouiku! Coaching!! (TV Tokyo))

Commercials

Radio Shows

Current:

In late 2004, Ayaka began hosting a morning radio show on MobaHO!401 called "Hello! Music Resort", which was moved to an evening time slot and retitled Hello! Music Latte on April 1, 2005. From April 2007, the show was only broadcast on Mondays, instead of daily, and then from April 2008, Hello! Music Latte moved to Sundays and was shortened to 55 minutes. Upon Ayaka's graduation from the Hello! Project the show was renamed "Ayaka Nagate's Music Latte".

From April 2008 Ayaka began her role as reporter on "GREEN JACKET" - a new weekly golf and music radio show, with Take Koyama and Sato Megumi. GREEN JACKET is transmitted every Saturday from 5am to 8am on 76.1 InterFM.

On the 1st April 2008 began another new radio show: "Ayaka's Dairy & Music". It's broadcast every Tuesday at 8pm - 8:55pm on Music Bird.

Past:

Ayaka hosted BLEND KISS with her best friend Satoda Mai of Country Musume (itself a continuation of KISS THE COCONUTS!, which Ayaka hosted with Mika Todd), but it was cancelled early Summer 2005.

Ayaka also hosted COCONUT KISS (in which she brought back her English Lessons) every Wednesday from the 11th January to the 26th July 2006.

In May 2006, Ayaka was the month's guest host of the radio show HelloPro Yanen!. For the last two weeks of the month, Satoda co-hosted with her, after Ayaka told of how they'd become even closer friends than ever before, and promised to bring her in.

Stage

  • [2007.03.24] 30-DELUX The Sixth Live 「BLUE」

DVDs

Photobooks

Coconuts Musume. no Tanoshii Hawaii Ryuugaku AYAKA photobook Pia Map Hawaii 2008 Handy Guide

  • [2002.07.??] ココナッツ娘。の楽しいハワイ留学 (Coconuts Musume. no Tanoshii Hawaii Ryuugaku) (with Mika Todd) amazon.co.jp (Essay book)
  • [2003.08.21] AYAKA amazon.co.jp
  • [2008.01.10] ぴあMAPハワイ2008ハンディガイド (Pia Map Hawaii 2008 Handy Guide)

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