Country Japan Record label King Records Role Musical Artist | Name Ayaka Kikuchi Sport Speed skating | |
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Born 28 June 1987 (age 37) ( 1987-06-28 ) Japan Music groups AKB48, Watarirouka Hashiritai (Since 2008) Albums Team A 4th Stage "Tadaima, Team B 3rd Stage "Pajama, Tsugi no Ashiato, 1830m, Team B 5th Stage "Theater Similar People Mika Komori, Aika Ota, Natsumi Hirajima, Yuka Masuda, Ami Kikuchi Profiles | ||
AKB48 『眼神』 菊地あやか ーAyaka Kikuchi－
Ayaka Kikuchi (菊池 彩花, Kikuchi Ayaka, born 28 June 1987) is a Japanese speed skater.
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Biography
Kikuchi won bronze at the 2011 Asian Speed Skating Championships and silver at the 2012 Asian Speed Skating Championships. With these results she qualified for the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in both 2011 (finished 22nd) and 2012 (finished 19th).
In the 2014 Winter Olympics Kikuchi participated in the 1500 meters, finishing 31st, and was part of the women's team pursuit, who finished fourth.
In 2015 Ayaka Kikuchi became a world champion, when in the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships she won the gold medal in the team pursuit where she participated together with the sisters Miho and Nana Takagi.
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