Ayaka Takamoto

There's something about Ayaka Takamoto that I find quietly magnetic — she doesn't announce herself, she just appears and the frame around her suddenly feels more composed. As a member of Hinatazaka46, a group that's built its whole identity around warmth and approachability, she somehow still manages to feel distinct, like the one soft note in a chord that you'd miss immediately if it were gone. At 162 cm she carries herself with the kind of easy posture that fashion modeling demands, and it looks genuinely effortless on her rather than drilled-in. She's not the type to grab attention loudly, but I keep noticing her anyway, which I think is actually the harder trick to pull off.

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Ayaka Takamoto is a Japanese idol, fashion model, and talent born on November 2, 1998, in Kanagawa Prefecture. She is a member of the idol group Hinatazaka46. Standing 162 cm tall, she works across idol activities, fashion modeling, and variety talent work. Further personal details remain private.

Name (English)

Ayaka Takamoto

Name (Japanese)

高本彩花

Reading

たかもと あやか

Born

November 2, 1998 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

Origin

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Blood type

B

Height

162cm

Agency

NEXT LEAP

Occupation

Idol / Fashion Model / Talent

Debut

2016

Works summary

Appearances

32 (2018–2026)

By year

2018: 3, 2019: 10, 2020: 5, 2021: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 1, 2026: 2

Debut work

Rakuten GirlsAward 2018 AUTUMN/WINTER

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/artist/10
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ayacheri._.official/
• Xhttps://x.com/ayakatakamoto_
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%9C%AC%E5%BD%A9%E8%8A%B1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62085000

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Idol
• Fashion Model
• Talent

Last updated

2026-08-26

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