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Umeda Ayaka
Umeda Ayaka (梅田彩佳) is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by office48. She is the current captain of AKB48's Team B.
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Profile
- Name: Umeda Ayaka (梅田彩佳)
- Nicknames: Umechan (うめちゃん), Kyura (キュラ)
- Birthday: January 3, 1989
- Birthplace: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
- Blood Type: A
- Likes: DVDs, salmon roe
- Favorite Color: Pink
- Favorite Artist: EXILE
- Favorite Talents: Oizumi Yo, Wakatsuki Chinatsu, Ogura Yuko
- Height: 151.5cm
- Bust: 78cm
- Waist: 59cm
- Hips: 82cm
- Agency:
- Blog: Gree blog, office48 blog
- Units:
Discography
For discography with sub-units, see also: DiVA#Discography.
AKB48 Song Participation
Singles
- Aitakatta (会いたかった)
- Baby! Baby! Baby!
- "RIVER" single
- Hikoukigumo (ひこうき雲) (Theater Girls)
- "Ponytail to Chouchou" single
- Boku no YELL (僕のYELL) (Theater Girls)
- "Heavy Rotation" single
- Namida no Seesaw Game (涙のシーソーゲーム) (Under Girls)
- "Beginner" single
- Nakeru Basho (泣ける場所) (DIVA)
- "Chance no Junban" single
- ALIVE (Team K)
- "Sakura no Ki ni Narou" single
- Area K (エリアK) (DIVA)
- "Everyday, Katyusha" single
- Hito no Chikara (人の力) (Under Girls)
- "Flying Get" single
- Dakishimecha Ikenai (抱きしめちゃいけない) (Under Girls)
- "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" single
- Gondola Lift (ゴンドラリフト) (Under Girls Yurigumi)
- Ue kara Mariko (上からマリコ)
- Zero-Sum Taiyou (ゼロサム太陽) (Team K)
- "GIVE ME FIVE!" single
- Hitsujikai no Tabi (羊飼いの旅) (Special Girls B)
- "Manatsu no Sounds good!" single
- Mittsu no Namida (3つの涙) (Special Girls)
- Gingham Check (ギンガムチェック)
- "UZA" single
- Seigi no Mikata ja nai Hero (正義の味方じゃないヒーロー) (Team B)
- Eien Pressure (永遠プレッシャー)
- "So long!" single
- Soko de Inu no Unchi Funjau ka ne? (そこで犬のうんち踏んじゃうかね?) (Umeda Team B)
- "Sayonara Crawl" single
- Romance Kenjuu (ロマンス拳銃) (Team B)
- "Koisuru Fortune Cookie" single
- Ai no Imi wo Kangaetemita (愛の意味を考えてみた) (Under Girls)
Stage Units
- Skirt, Hirari (スカート、ひらり)
- Ame no Doubutsuen (雨の動物園)
- Fushidara na Natsu (ふしだらな夏)
- Umeda was on hiatus for one month due to a stress fracture in her leg.
- Team K 3rd Stage "Nounai Paradise"
- Beginning on December 23, 2006, Umeda was on medical hiatus due to the stress fracture in her leg.
- Team K 4th Stage "Saishuu Bell ga Naru"
- Return Match (リターンマッチ)
- Gomen ne Jewel (ごめんねジュエル) (Unit understudy for Oshima Yuko, Miyazawa Sae)
- End Roll (エンドロール)
- Bye Bye Bye (Standby for Takahashi Minami, Nakatsuka Tomomi)
- Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa (心の端のソファー)
- Kiseki wa Ma ni Awanai (奇跡は間に合わない) (Unit understudy for Miyazawa Sae, Nonaka Misato)
Trivia
- Originally a member of Team K, she was transferred to Team B and appointed as team captain during the AKB48 team shuffle in August 2012.
- Although she made her debut with Team K in 2006, Umeda took a medical hiatus due to a stress fracture in her leg. Beginning on December 23, 2006, her hiatus lasted for one year and five months, during which she returned to Fukuoka to seek rehabilitation. She made her return on May 23, 2008 for the start of Team K's fourth stage.
- Catchphrase: "Fukuoka-ken shusshin, U~me! Umechan koto Umeda Ayaka desu" (福岡県出身、う〜めっ!梅ちゃんこと梅田彩佳です)
- Originally participated in the Morning Musume Lucky 7 Audition and made it to the second round.
- Was the Tokyo Tower image girl from 2009 to 2010, having succeeded Orii Ayumi.
- She is close with Nonaka Misato, Nakatsuka Tomomi, and Ohori Megumi.
- Her oshimen is Nonaka Misato.
- Favorite food: Salmon roe, chocolate
- Favorite drink: Corn potage
- Favorite artist: MAX, Ne-Yo
- Favorite TV show: Mechaike!
- Favorite magazine: Soup, mini, high-fashion magazines
- Favorite season: Summer
- Favorite AKB single: Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?
- Favorite AKB stage song: End Roll
- Favorite AKB outfit: End Roll
- Charm point: Her nose
- Special skills: Dancing, calligraphy, penmanship, Kumon, physical exercise
External Links
- AKB48 Profile
- office48 Profile
- Official Blog on Ameba
- Official Blog on GREE
- Umeda Ayaka on Twitter
- Umeda Ayaka on Google+
- Japanese Wikipedia: 梅田彩佳