Ah Akicha... Her uprise started around the time she appeared in River's coupling song Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara. In some ways, she's like an invisible Sashihara. I mean, Akicha has made a huge rise as well, but it's less obvious than Sasshi's. Akicha's in all the shows, she's in a top unit, she gets solo merchandise... but somehow she doesn't have true front girl status just yet, despite ranking #12.
She was great on stage at the Japan Expo:

Those powerful thighs allow for some great dancing. Her singing voice can be super weak at time, but that husky quality is really suited for certain songs. Akicha in Faint is just perfect, both vocally and appearance wise. Same goes for Tobenai Agehachou and many other songs.
Like Sasshi, Akicha also has that girl next door quality. She's not textbook pretty, yet she is cute and likable. Oh, and did I mention super hot?

Ass, abs, thighs, perky boobs, nice face... she has it all. Actually, I always had a hard time placing Aki, until her Verbatim set came out. Everything fell into place. She is hot.

She scored the lowest on the second Shukan test, but she ended quite high during the latest one. I don't think she's an aithead, but I think she just zones out at times
