Sayaka Nakaya
| Sayaka Nakaya | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 仲谷 明香 |
| Born |
October 15, 1991 Iwate, Japan |
| Occupation | Voice actress, singer |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Agent | Amuleto |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | J-pop, Anison |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Associated acts | AKB48, No Name |
Sayaka Nakaya (仲谷 明香 Nakaya Sayaka?, born October 15, 1991) is a Japanese voice actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is from Iwate. While with AKB48 she was a member of the subunit No Name. Her biggest role as a voice actress was as the title character Chitose Sakuraba in the anime series Chitose Get You!!.
Nakaya passed AKB48's generation 3 audition on December 3, 2006. She is one of 20 girls who passed from among 12.828 candidates. She was first on stage at AKB48 Theater as part of Team B on April 8, 2007. On August 23, 2009, a reshuffle was announced and Nakaya was transferred to Team A.
On December 2, 2010, an audio book of Moshidora read by her received "Audio Book Award 2010". The audio book gets awarded based on consumer votes in FeBe! audio book website. She also provided voice in the anime series of Moshidora.
Along with fellow member from Team K Miku Tanabe, Nakaya formed a unit called Baby Gamba. The unit released a single DVD "Ee Janaika" (ええじゃないか?) under label Avex on September 14, 2011. Baby Gamba is a character in anime series Ganba no Bōken, a series based on kids book "Bōkentachi Gamba to 15-hiki no Nakama" by Otsuka Saito.
On December 13, 2011, her name was chosen along with 9 other members to voice characters in AKB48's original anime series AKB0048.
An autobiography of her, titled "Hisenbatsu Idol" was published in 2012. When she was a member, she was one of 4 AKB48's anime fan who is called "wota 4".
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