1. Sayaka Akimoto was a member of Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and its spin-off unit Diva.
15 Facts About Sayaka Akimoto
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Sayaka Akimoto provides the Japanese dub for Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Sayaka Akimoto was born to a Japanese father and a Filipino mother.
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On June 26,2014, Sayaka Akimoto was appointed as the Goodwill Philippine Tourism Ambassador to promote the Philippines as a tourist destination in Japan.
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Sayaka Akimoto was assigned as a narrator in the collaboration drama of PTV-4 and Nippon TV entitled "Halo Halo House-Jose's Nippon Diary".
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Akimoto began her career in AKB48 as one of the members of the second generation, the Original Team K On the last day of the Budokan concert on August 23,2009, during the first team shuffle, Akimoto was officially made captain of Team K She resigned after a scandal in 2010 but after completing the Tokyo Marathon in 2011, she was reappointed the position.
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Sayaka Akimoto has since been involved with sub-unit group Diva under Avex.
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Sayaka Akimoto became a regular on the popular noon TV show Waratte Iitomo from 2010 to 2012.
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Sayaka Akimoto was featured as one of the members in AKB48's own anime television show alongside other members Minami Takahashi, Yuko Oshima, Tomomi Itano, Atsuko Maeda and others.
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Sayaka Akimoto composed and sang "Little Witch" which was the NHK 2014 Spring Campaign Theme Song.
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Sayaka Akimoto has a recurring role as Bikuu in Garo which led to a solo film spin off in 2015.
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Sayaka Akimoto sang the theme song of the film entitled "Sengetsu ~Hikari to Yami no Soba de~".
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Sayaka Akimoto was a co-host for Team Japan in the reality competition show Ultimate Beastmaster which was released on Netflix on February 24,2017.
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On July 27,2020, Sayaka Akimoto married music producer and singer PUNPEE.
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Sayaka Akimoto gave birth to their first child on October 4,2023.