Ayaka Konno (紺野彩夏, Konno Ayaka, born June 24, 1999) is a Japanese actress and model who is affiliated with the agency Spacecraft.[2]
Early life and career
Ayaka Konno was born on June 24, 1999, in the city of Chiba, in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She is the middle child of three siblings, with an older sister eleven years her senior and one younger sister.[3] She can play the piano, having practiced it from the age of 4 to 17.[4]
She joined her current agency when she was a child and made her acting debut as a child actress at the age of 3.[5]
After appearing in the TV Tokyo series Piramekino [ja] (2005–2019), she gained recognition from audiences for her "amazingly transparent" acting.[6]
Parallel to her acting career, she has also worked as an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Seventeen by Shueisha.[7] In 2018, she played her first regular role, as a villain called Ora in Kamen Rider Zi-O by TV Asahi.[7]
With the January issue of Seventeen released on December 1, 2020, she "graduated" from being their exclusive model.[8] She then became an exclusive model for the March issue of the fashion magazine Non-no that was published in January 2021.[9]
Filmography
Television
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2010
The Golden Pig - Special Investigation Division, Audit Agency
^公開エンタメラッシュ編集部プレスリリース (March 4, 2022). "ティーン憧れのモデル・女優 紺野 彩夏さんの"アコギ女子への道"に密着！エピフォン新WEB動画『Epiphone | For Every Challenge ～紺野 彩夏～』" [A close look at Ayaka Konno, a model and actress admired by teenagers, on her path to becoming an acoustic guitar girl! Epiphone's new web video "Epiphone | For Every Challenge ~Ayaka Konno~"]. エンタメラッシュ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
^"【注目の人物】CM美女"白き妖精"紺野彩夏の透明感に釘付け!「Seventeen」加入で注目度急上昇中 - モデルプレス" [[People to watch] CM beauty "White Fairy" Ayaka Konno's transparency is nailed! Attention is rapidly increasing after joining "Seventeen"]. モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). June 29, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
^ ab"シリーズ最新作「仮面ライダージオウ」で注目される敵女幹部! 芸歴19年の「Seventeen」モデル・紺野彩夏「かっこいい悪女を演じてみたかったんです」 - エンタメ - ニュース" ["A female enemy executive who is attracting attention in the latest work in the series Kamen Rider Zi-O! Seventeen model Ayaka Konno, who has been in the industry for 19 years, said, "I wanted to play a cool evil woman."]. shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). September 17, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
^"紺野彩夏「Seventeen」専属モデル卒業発表「感謝の気持ちでいっぱい」 「ジオウ」オーラ役で話題" ["Ayaka Konno announces her graduation as an exclusive model for Seventeen "I am filled with gratitude" and is a hot topic for her role as Aura in Zi-O"]. ORICON NEWS. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
^"「Seventeen」卒業の紺野彩夏、「non-no」モデルに加入 - モデルプレス" [Ayaka Konno, who graduated from Seventeen, joins "non-no" models"]. mdpr.jp (in Japanese). November 24, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
