Ayaka Komatsu
| Ayaka Komatsu | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Komatsu Ayaka (小松 彩夏) July 23, 1986 Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Website | |
| http://www.ayaka502.com | |
Ayaka Komatsu (小松 彩夏, Komatsu Ayaka) is a Japanese model and actress. She was born on July 23, 1986 in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture.
Modeling career
Her modeling agency is Amuse inc. She was a regular model of the now defunct Candy[1] magazine. She also appeared in the Winter 2002-2003 "Angel Blue" fashion catalog and was on the cover of the manga Young Sunday dated April 7, 2005.
She was a member of the 2004 edition of the Japanese modeling quartet named Nittelligenic, an idol group sponsored by Nippon TV.[2] Each 'generation' lasts for one year and during that year they do a lot of features on NTV in addition to idol DVDs, special pictorials, and other promo gigs. Prior to this, she did a few swimsuit layouts and continues to do them for magazines such as Sabra.
She has released six photobooks, and ten idol DVDs. In order of release date, the photobook titles are: Ayaka no Natsu, Nicchoku, Summer Date, Moon Doll, Cheeeeeez!♥, and Ayaka. The DVDs are named, in order of release date, Figure A, Layer Game/Megami no Chu, Masaka, Moon Doll, 書を捨てよ、水着になろう! ("Let's throw away books, and change into swimwear!"), Dream Note, and Dream Note II, X, Ayakafull, and Hawaaaaaaaaaaii.
Acting career
She has acted in the following movies: "Odoru Daisousasen THE MOVIE 2" (her role in this film was relatively minor; she gets attacked by a vampire), "koibumi", "Master of Thunder", "A Perfect Day for Love Letters", "Drift" and "Drift 2" (later released as "Drift Deluxe Edition"), and "Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru" (which opened in Japan on January 20, 2007, and later in Europe under the English title "My Sister, My Love"). The Italian translation lists a movie named "Suspect X" that was released in 2008. She announced that she will be in Infection Islands (or "Pandemic") that was released in January 2009.
She also appeared in the reality show "Idol Michi" and made a commercial for Takara, "Popura 2," as well as an award-winning commercial for the soft drink Fanta. In 2008, she made a commercial for Circle K in which she bites into four sandwiches.
Arguably, her best known job was as Minako Aino/Sailor V/Sailor Venus in the series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
Since PGSM wrapped up, Ayaka was in the cast of a TV show called Dandori Musume ("Appointment Girls"). Her role in Dandori Musume is more comic than tragic, in contrast to her PGSM role. Her latest TV shows are dramas called Girl's Life and "Bambino". CD Japan lists a show called Uranaishi Tenjin ("Fortune Teller's Display") with her in the cast. In 2008 she appeared in Average[3] and in episode 7 of Aren't You a Criminal?.[4]
In October 2007, she acted in a play called "Unlucky Days". In July 2008, she acted in a play called "Every Little Thing".
She had a recurring role in the summer Fuji TV drama Buzzer Beat, reuniting with her former Sailor Moon cast member Keiko Kitagawa, who had the lead female role as well as with Yamashita Tomohisa as Ayaka made a cameo appearance on his previous drama Kurosagi.
In 2012 she appeared in Idol Insiders.
TV Shows
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Idol do | Fuji TV | |
| 2005-2006 | Premiere no Sōkutsu!! | Fuji TV | 4th season |
| 2006-2007 | Koisuru Hanikami! | CBC/TBS | 4th assistant |
TV Drama
| Year | Series | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–2004 | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon | Aino Minako/Sailor Venus/Sailor V | CBC/TBS | First lead role |
| 2005 | One Missed Call | Odagiri Kyōko | TV Asahi | Guest appearance |
| Tôbôsha: Kijima Jôichirô | fast food store clerk | Fuji TV | ||
| 2006 | Kurosagi | Goldigger Girlfriend | TBS | Cameo appearance |
| Ns' Aoi SP | medical ward novice nurse | Fuji TV | Guest appearance | |
| Isshou Wasurenai Monogatari "Million Films" | Nakano Ayumi | TV Asahi | Lead role | |
| Dandori Musume 〜Dance☆Drill〜 Saishū-banashi | Tadano Hikaru | Fuji TV | Lead role | |
| Senjo no Girl's Life | Kobayashi Bifuka | HDC | Lead Role | |
| Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi | actress | Fuji TV | episode 3 | |
| 2007 | Bambino! | Minakawa Kozue | NTV | Supporting role |
| Hataraki Man | Horita Megumi | NTV | Guest Appearance | |
| Uranaishi Tenjin | Kanae | CBC | episode 2 | |
| Kohome | Yumi | Kansai TV | ||
| 2008 | Average | woman customer | Fuji TV | Supporting Role/ TV movie |
| Kimi Hannin Janai yo ne? | Noda Asuka | TV Asahi | Guest appearance | |
| Galileo Φ: Episode 0 | Hirahara Yoko | Fuji TV | Guest appearance/ TV movie | |
| The Naminori Restaurant | Shibata Hiroko | NTV | Guest appearance | |
| 2009 | Buzzer Beat | Kanazawa Shion | Fuji TV | Supporting role |
| Tokyo DOGS | model | Fuji TV | Guest appearance | |
| MW- mū - dai 0-shō 〜 akuma no game 〜 | Okazaki Aiko | NTV | ||
| Danzetsu | Kudo Aiko | TV Asahi | ||
| 2010 | 853 〜 Keiji kamo shin'nosuke | Hikawa Yui | TV Asahi | episode 5 |
| Indigo no yoru | Kinoshita Arisa | Tokai TV | episode 11-12 | |
| Okashina keiji 6 - Saturday Wide Theat | Watanabe Akira | TV Asahi | ||
| Zettai Reido 〜Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sōsa〜 | Sakota Mai | Fuji TV | episode 1 | |
| Natsu no koi wa nijiiro ni kagayaku | Nozaki Kana | Fuji TV | ||
| 2011 | Misaki Number One! | Rina | Fuji TV | |
| Sain | Miyauchi Yuka | MBS | ||
| Short piece "Kuzu" | Okazaki Aiko | Fuji TV | ||
| Shin Keishichō sōsaikka 9 kakari | Kurahashi Rio | TV Asahi | season 3 episode 9 | |
| Mitehaikenai TV motto anata no shiranai sekai `wasure rareta yakusoku' | Shuen Hitomi | BS NTV | ||
| Himitsu chōhō-in Erika | Shiraishi Risa | Yomiuri TV | episode 9 | |
| 2012 | Toranaide Kudasai!! Gravure Idol Ura Monogatari | Komatsu Ayaka | TV Tokyo | |
| Kagi no kakatta heya | Saito Misato | Fuji TV | episode 5 | |
| Tsuri keiji 3 - Monday Golden | Aoyama Miki | TBS | ||
| Odoru daisōsasen THE LAST TV salaryman keiji to saigo no nanjiken | policewoman | TV Asahi | ||
| Suiyō Mystery 9 Morimura Seiichi Suspence keiji no shōmei 4 | Tokioka Mami | TV Tokyo | ||
| Kodoku no gurume | lonely cake shop clerk | TV Tokyo | season 2 episode 6 | |
| Tokumei tantei | Hattori Yayoi | TV Asahi | episode 6 | |
| 2013 | Shūden baibai | Kinoshita Kozue | TBS | episode 4 |
| Ishikawa-kun | Kinoshita Arisa | NHK/NHKE | ||
| Apoyan 〜 Hashiru Kokusai Kūkō | Ishī | TBS | episode 5 | |
| Last Cinderella | Rie | Fuji TV | ||
Movies
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bayside Shakedown 2 | high school girl | |
| 2004 | A Perfect Day for Love Letters | Miyashita Chiyuki | |
| 2006 | Drift / Drift 2 | Ichiro Mina | |
| Masutā Obu sandā kessen!! Fū ma Ryūko Den | Kaori | ||
| 2007 | Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru | Kusunoki Yuka | |
| 2008 | The Devotion of Suspect X | Hirahara Yōko | |
| 2009 | Eto | Shibushige | voice |
| Kansen rettō | Kashimura Kyōko | ||
| MW- Mu | Okazaki Aiko | ||
| Killer Virgin Road | Ayaka | ||
| 2010 | NECK | Kaori | |
| 2012 | Ramo Trip `Kohitsuji Dolly' | Higo Ayumi | |
| Bokura ga ita zenpen/ kōhen | Yamamoto Nana | ||
| Odoru Daisōsasen: THE FINAL - Aratanaru Kibō | policewoman | ||
| Musashino-sen no Shimai | Munakata Shizuru | ||
| 2013 | Neon cho | Yoshida Sakurako | starring |
| Talk to the Dead | Yuri | starring | |
| Miss Zombie | Shuen Shara | ||
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Unlucky Days | Miki | starring |
| 2008 | Every Little Thing | ||
| Nemurenu yoru no honky-tonk blues kanketsu-hen 〜 Host sanjō 〜 | Mutsumi | ||
| 2009 | Kagotsurube | O ichi | |
| Light flight 〜 kaeritai yatsura 〜 | |||
| 2010 | Nemurenu yoru no 1 × 8 Requiem 〜 Naked Police Academy 〜 | Mimura Momoko | |
| 2011 | Line ♪ | Kitano Bi kan | |
| 2012 | Ningyohime | Ningyohime | |
| 2013 | Miagereba ano Ni~Tsu to onaji sora | Takabe Sayuri | |
Publications
Discography
- Singles
- 2003: C'est la vie 〜 Watashi no naka no koi suru bubun
- 2003: Katagoshi ni kinboshi
- 2004: Romance
- 2004: Kiss!2 Bang!2
- 2008: Happy time, Happy life
- Albums
- 2002: IMITATION (under title Aino Minako/ Cancelled)
- 2003: VENUS (under title Aino Minako/ Cancelled)
- 2003: I'll Be Here (under title Aino Minako)
- Other Albums as Aino Minako
- Kirari ☆ Sailor Dream! C / w C'est la vie (11, 2003, Columbia Music Entertainment)
- (February 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon DJ Moon
- (February 2004, same as above) pack Sailor Moon Koro-chan
- (March 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon Character Song Sailor Venus Minako Aino
- (May 2004, same as above) pack Sailor Moon 2 Koro-chan
- (May 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon DJ Moon 2
- (June 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon Dear My Friend
- (July 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon DJ Moon 3
- (July 2004, same as above) pack Sailor Moon 3 Koro-chan
- Three pieces, including a mini-album (September 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon Moon Light Real Girl of Aino Minako
- Sailor Moon Song Collection (November 2004, same as above)
- Popular songs
All of these titles are related to her character in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
- C'est La Vie (The Loving Part Inside Me)
- Kiss!² Bang!²
- Romance
- Sayonara~Sweet Days
- Katagoshi ni Kinsei ("Looking at Venus")
- I'm Here
- Happy Time, Happy Life
Idol DVD
- 2004: Figure A Nittelegenic 2004 Komatsu Ayaka
- 2005: Megami no Chu! Nittelegenic 2004 Komatsu Ayaka
- 2005: Masaka… Komatsu Ayaka
- 2007: Sho o suteyo, mizugi ni narou!
- 2007: DREAM NOTE
- 2007: Happy ending ♪ ~ DREAM NOTE II ~
- 2009: AYAKA×Komatsu Ayaka
- 2011: Ayakafuru
- 2012: Hawaaaaaaaaaaii
Idol Photobook
- 2004: Ayaka no natsu ISBN 978-4847028229
- 2004: Nitchoku - Nittelegenic Official Photos ISBN 978-4820399209
- 2005: Summer Date ISBN 978-4847028816
- 2006: Moon Doll ISBN 978-4093721059
- 2007: Cheeeeeez♥ ISBN 978-4847040092
- 2009: AYAKA×killer Virgin Road ISBN 978-4847041877
- 2011: Ayaka no zenbu ISBN 978-4-8470-4366-6
- 2012: Komagokochi ISBN 978-4847045042
References
- Ayaka Komatsu @ The Oracle Images and Information
- CD Japan's Ayaka Komatsu CD & DVD listings
- Ayaka502 Fansite Information
External links
- Ayaka Komatsu's official site
- Ayaka Komatsu's Blog site
- Ayaka Komatsu at the Internet Movie Database