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 until 2024, a group that's built its whole identity around warmth and approachability, she somehow still managed 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 fashion model and TV personality born on November 2, 1998, in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture. She is a former member of the idol group Hinatazaka46, leaving the group in 2024. Standing 162 cm tall, she is an exclusive model for the magazine JJ and is represented by NEXT LEAP.

Name (English)

Ayaka Takamoto

Name (Japanese)

高本彩花

Reading

たかもと あやか

Born

November 2, 1998 (age 27)

Origin

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

162cm

Occupation

Idol / Fashion Model / Talent

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

Blood type

B

Agency

NEXT LEAP

Debut

2016

Works summary

Appearances

32 (2018–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

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

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

October 18, 2026

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