Kikuchi Ayaka 菊地あやか * Name: Kikuchi Ayaka (菊地あやか)
* Nickname: Ayarin (あやりん), Kikuji (きくじ )
* Birthdate: June 30th, 1993
* Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
* Hobbies: Talking with the other members.
* Height: 160cm (5'2")
* Bust: 76cm
* Waist: 57cm
* Hips: 82cm
Trivia
* Came up with the idea of Noguchi Reina playing Jankenpon each time she introduces herself at a performance
* Loves seasoned seaweed and shaved ice
* Phone strap features Minnie Mouse
* Is a sprinter on her track team at school
* Bedroom is almost entirely pink
* Is close friends with Nakagawa Haruka
* Admires fellow AKB48 member Oshima Yuko
Single A-sides Participated In
* Romance, Irane
* Baby! Baby! Baby!
Stage Units
* Ame no Doubutsuen (Team B 1st Stage)
* Fushidara na Natsu (Team B 1st Stage)
* Nageki no Figure (Team B 2nd Stage)
* Glass no I LOVE YOU (Team B 2nd Stage)
* Senaka Kara Dakishimete (Team B 2nd Stage)
* Rio no Kakumei (Team B 2nd Stage)
* Kagami no naka no JEAN da ARC (Team B 3rd Stage)
Moves from Team B to Team K in October.
Kikuchi was fired from both AKB48 and her agency, AKS in August after she allegedly had a boyfriend. This prompt firing caused an uproar from both sides of AKB48’s fans, even inspiring petitions. Kikuchi’s firing was the first in AKB48’s three-year history. She has now been selected to be a seventh-generation Kenkyuusei, or trainee member, of AKB48 with another nineteen girls. This is only after being an incredibly popular member of Team B, having been an AKB48 selected member for the Romansu, Irane! and Baby! Baby! Baby! PVs as well as being a selected white-wearing member for Kouhaku and the AKB48 Shibuya AX Top 100 Concert.
I got to see her in Paris, but she didn't leave any impression on me...