Native name 仲谷 明香 Years active 2007–Present | Occupation Voice actress, singer Agent Amuleto | |
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Albums 1830m, Team B 3rd Stage "Pajama, Team A 1st Stage "Party ga, Team A 3rd Stage "Dareka n, Koko ni Ita Koto | ||
Sayaka Nakaya (仲谷 明香, Nakaya Sayaka, born October 15, 1991) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Iwate.
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Sayaka Nakaya is a former member of idol group AKB48 before she announced her derparture on March 6, 2013 to pursue her career as a voice actress. 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".
Career
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.
On Team K Waiting Stage on March 2, 2013 at night, Nakaya suddenly announces her departure as an AKB48 member to taking part in a seiyuu audition. 4 days later at the same stage, she had her last and graduation concert as an AKB48 member. At the same time, she also quit from her former agency Mousa.
Credited
Main roles are marked with bold.
Anime
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As No Name
No Name is AKB48's unit formed especially for their anime AKB0048. The members are also voice actress of the main characters.Songs
Everyday - Kachuusha1830m · 2012
Ponytail to ShushuKoko ni Ita Koto · 2011
Ogoe DiamondKamikyokutachi · 2010