English Stage Name:
Sayaka Akimoto
Japanese Stage Name:
秋元才加
Birth Name:
Sayaka Akimoto
Nickname:
Sayaka, Saaya, Okaro, Mossan
Origin:
Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type:
B
Height:
166 cm (5 ft 5 inches )
Weight:
59 kg (130 lbs)
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None
Family:
Father, Mother, one younger brother
Boyfriend:
Kotaro Nakamura, Kabuki actor
Rumored to have been dating since January, 2015
Past Relationships:
- Oji Hiroi
Rumored to have dated in 2010
Best Friends;
- Yuko Oshima from AKB 48
- Sae Miyazawa from AKB 48
- Kana Kobayashi from AKB 48
Hobbies：
Practicing Aikido, Reading books
Pets:
Axolotl, named Heputadeka
Personality:
Sayaka is said to be;
- hard-working and has good work ethics.
That’s why her fans believe that Sayaka’s work volume never seems to have decreased even after graduating from AKB 48 and went solo.
- easy to get upset, according to herself.
Trivia:
- Sayaka is half Japanese and half Filipina; her mother is from the Phillipines and her father is from Japan.
- Sayaka speaks Japanese as well as English, but cannot speak Tagalog language, which is spoken in the Phillipines as a first language.
- Sayaka’s favorite singers are Janis Joplin, Michael Jackson and Yutaka Ozaki.
- Sayaka holds 2nd “dan”(degree) with her Aikido ranking.
- Sayaka was on both basketball and track & field teams at school, but she says she doesn’t like running long distance.
- Sayaka says she is easy to get muscles with her body. At one time her body fat was at 13%.