Umeda Ayaka

Umeda Ayaka was a member of NMB48's Team BII.

Catchphrase[]

福岡県出身の、う～め！　梅ちゃんこと梅田彩佳です。よろしくお願いします

Fukuoka-ken shusshin no, U~me! Ume-chan koto Umeda Ayaka desu. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu

(Born in Fukuoka prefecture, U~me! I'm Umeda Ayaka also known as Ume-chan. Please be nice with me)

Team History[]

2006.02.26 - Joined AKB48 as Team K member
2012.08.24 - Transferred to Team B (Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle)
2014.02.24 - Transferred to NMB48's Team BII (AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri)
2016.04.01 - Graduated from NMB48 Team BII (Announcement: January 23, 2016 at AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016 | Graduation Ceremony: March 31, 2016 at Zepp Namba | Last Theater Performance: March 20, 2016)

Leadership History[]

2012.08.24 - Appointed Captain of Team B (Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle) (Predecessor: Kashiwagi Yuki)
2014.02.24. - Transferred to Co-Captain of Team BII (AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri) (Position established | Successor (Team B): Kuramochi Asuka)
2016.03.20 - Relinquished role of Co-Captain of Team BII (Successor: Ijiri Anna)

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections[]

1st Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
2nd Senbatsu Election - #32 (Undergirls)
3rd Senbatsu Election - #22 (Undergirls Center)
4th Senbatsu Election - #16 (Senbatsu)
5th Senbatsu Election - #19 (Undergirls)
6th Senbatsu Election - #35 (Next Girls)
7th Senbatsu Election - #56 (Future Girls)

AKB48 Janken Tournaments[]

1st Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Tanabe Miku)
2nd Janken Taikai - Best 16 (Lost to Kobayashi Marina)
3rd Janken Taikai - Best 16 (Lost to Nito Moeno)
4th Janken Taikai - #15 (Lost to Yumoto Ami)

Singles Participation[]

NMB48 A-Sides[]

NMB48 B-Sides[]

Star ni Nante Naritakunai (Rashikunai)
Romantic Snow (Don't look back!)
Kokoro no Myoji wo Kake! (Durian Shounen)
Kufuku de Renai wo Suru na (Must be now)

AKB48 A-Sides[]

Albums Participation[]

NMB48 Albums[]

Ibiza Girl (Sekai no Chuushin wa Osaka ya 〜 Namba Jichiku 〜)
Kimi ni Yarareta (Sekai no Chuushin wa Osaka ya 〜 Namba Jichiku 〜)
Peak (Sekai no Chuushin wa Osaka ya 〜 Namba Jichiku 〜)

AKB48 Albums[]

Anata ga Ite Kureta kara (SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban)
Baby! Baby! Baby! 2010 (Kamikyokutachi)
Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to (Kamikyokutachi)
Boku ni Dekiru Koto (Koko ni Ita koto)
Koko ni Ita koto (Koko ni Ita koto)
Iede no Yoru (1830m)
Aozora yo Sabishikunai ka? (1830m)
JJ ni Karitamono (Tsugi no Ashiato)
Tsuyosa to Yowasa no Aida de (Tsugi no Ashiato)
Kanashiki Kinkyori Renai (Tsugi no Ashiato)
Ikitsuzukeru (Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!)

Units[]

DiVA[]

Tsuki no Uragawa / 月の裏側
Cry
Lost the way
DISCOVERY

Albums[]

DIVA

Stage Units[]

K1 (PARTY ga Hajimaru yo): Skirt, Hirari

K2 (Seishun Girls): Ame no Doubutsuen; Fushidara na Natsu

K3 (Nounai Paradise): MARIA

K4 (Saishuu Bell ga Naru): Return Match

K5 (Saka Agari): End Roll

K6 (RESET): Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa

Team B Waiting Stage: Omoide Ijou

BII3 (Saka Agari): End Roll

Concert Units[]

AKB48 First Concert "Aitakatta ~Hashira wa Naize!~"[]

Live DVD wa Derudaroukedo, Yappari Iki ni Kagiruze! AKB48 Natsu Matsuri[]

Gomen ne Jewel

AKB48 Masaka, Kono Concert no Ongen wa Ryuushutsushinai yo ne?[]

Pajama Drive

Nenwasure Kanshasai Shuffle Sumaze, AKB! SKE mo Yoroshiku ne[]

Faint

AKB104 Senbatsu Members Sokaku Matsuri[]

Gomen ne Jewel

Yokohama Arena 2010 'AKB48 Manseki Matsuri Kibou Sanpi Ryouron'[]

Romance, Irane

KYORAKU PRESENTS AKB48 SKE48 LIVE IN ASIA[]

Ashita no Tame ni Kiss wo

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2011[]

Noel no Yoru

Washington D.C. Concert[]

Kiseki wa ma ni Awanai

AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~[]

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2012[]

Oogoe Diamond

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013[]

Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa

AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai "Shirokuro tsukeyou janai ka!"[]

AKB48

Candy

AKB48 Super Festival at Nissan Stadium[]

Junai no Crescendo

AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Mada mada, Yaranakya Ikenai koto ga aru~[]

Fukuoka Dome

Korogaru Ishi ni Nare

Sapporo Dome

Hoshi no Ondo

Osaka Dome

Tokyo Dome

AKB48 8th Anniversary[]

Kurukurupa

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2013[]

Majisuka Rock'n'Roll

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014[]

End Roll

Unit Matsuri 2014[]

JJ ni Karitamono

AKB48 National Olympic Stadium Concert[]

Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa

NMB48 National Tour[]

HGB Hall (Hiroshima)

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2014[]

Kamonegix

Team K 2nd Generation 10th Anniversary Celebration Special Performance[]

Media Appearances[]

Movies[]

Ultraman Saga (film) (as Misato of Team U) (2012)

Dramas[]

Bakugan Kid (爆丸キッド) (2010)
Ecogainder II (エコガインダーⅡ)

Theatre[]

In The Heights (as Nina Rosario) (2014)
The Wiz (as Dorothy Gale) (2015)
Endless SHOCK (as Rika) (2019-2021)
EDGES the musical (Red Team) (2020)
Galaxy Express 999 THE MUSICAL (as Claire) (2022)
Sister Act (シスター・アクト〜天使にラブ・ソングを〜) (as Sister Mary Robert) (2023)
Seirei no Moribito (2023)

Radio Shows[]

Tokyo Tower Club333 Night View DJ

Variety Shows[]

AKB 0ji 59fun!
AKBINGO!
Shukan AKB
Saturday Night Child Machine
AKB48 Nemousu Terebi (Season 5)
AKB-Kyuu Gourmet Stadium (Season 2)

Trivia[]

Hobbies: Dancing, muscle training
Favorite foods: Chocolate, salmon roe, motsunabe
Favorite member: Kasai Tomomi
Special skills: Standing on a balance ball
Good friends with: Nonaka Misato, Kato Rena
Future ambition: Multi-talent
Former member of DiVA
Former member of Light Music Club
Was born just 4 days before the end of Japan's Shōwa Period, making her (by chronological birth date) the last 46/48 member who was born in that era.
Participated and passed the first round of the Morning Musume Lucky 7 Audition
She is known for her outstanding dancing skill, which she learned by herself
Broke her leg bone in 2006, after her stage debut Shonichi, and was forced to leave the stage for 1 year and 5 months
Her first love was for a basketball staff member when she was 13 years old
Has a "boyish" fashion sense
Is left-handed
Has a younger sister
Winner of the 2014 "The Wiz" Audition with Tano Yuuka
Was Team B's captain from August 24, 2012 (Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle) until her transfer to NMB48 on February 24, 2014 (AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri), where she became co-captain of Team BII.
On March 31, 2020, she resigned from Flave Entertainment, and on June 1, she joined TRUSTAR.

Gallery[]

NMB48

AKB48

Umeda Family Tree[]

Father

Mother

Ayaka

Sister

NMB48

Members
Team N	Aobara Yuka \| Ishida Yuumi \| Izumi Ayano \| Kameno Zion \| Kawakami Chihiro \| Kojima Karin (NMB48 Captain) \| Satsuki Aika \| Tanaka Yukino (Co-Captain) \| Nihei Manami \| Hirayama Mai (Captain) \| Fukuno Ami \| Matsuoka Sakura \| Matsumoto Mihina
Team M	Ike Honoka \| Uno Mizuki \| Jonishi Rei \| Sumino Wakana (Captain) \| Haga Rei \| Hayakawa Yuna \| Hara Karen \| Matsuno Mio \| Manabe Anju (Co-Captain) \| Yamamoto Mikana \| Wada Miyu
Team BII	Aobara Waka \| Abe Wakana \| Kuroshima Sakura \| Sakashita Mako (Co-Captain) \| Sakata Misaki \| Sakamoto Risa \| Sakurada Ayaka \| Shiotsuki Keito \| Shinzawa Nao \| Tatsumoto Yayoi \| Deguchi Yuina (Captain) \| Mizuta Shiori \| Yamamoto Hikaru \| Yoshino Misaki
Kenkyuusei	9th Generation: Ikeda Tenna \| Itagaki Koyori \| Kinugasa Ayami \| Sakamoto Reio \| Shibutani Sayuki \| Tanaka Misora \| Nishi Yuma \| Nishijima Rio \| Nishida Honoka \| Funahashi Reina \| Furukawa Yukino \| Miyamoto Ami \| Yoshimi Ayane

Former Members
Promoted Members	Azuma Yuki \| Sakamoto Nami \| Yamamoto Ayaka \| Yokono Sumire \| Ogawa Yuuka \| Kitamura Mana \| Shimizu Rika \| Miyake Yuria \| Shiroma Miru \| Ishizuka Akari \| Namba Hinata \| Kawano Nanaho \| Shobu Marin \| Yasuda Momone \| Sugiura Kotone
Team N	Mori Ayaka \| Matsuda Shiori \| Shinohara Kanna \| Fukumoto Aina \| Yogi Keira \| Yamauchi Tsubasa \| Yamagishi Natsumi \| Kono Saki \| Muro Kanako \| Kotani Riho \| Nishimura Aika \| Kishino Rika \| Jonishi Kei \| Yabushita Shu \| Sutou Ririka \| Matsumura Megumi \| Mizokawa Mirai \| Ichikawa Miori \| Yamamoto Sayaka \| Kusaka Konomi \| Mita Mao \| Hayashi Momoka \| Iso Kanae \| Odan Mai \| Takei Sara \| Ota Yuuri \| Tanigawa Airi \| Ota Riona \| Kobayashi Rina \| Morita Ayaka \| Nishizawa Rurina \| Yoshida Akari \| Murase Sae \| Nakagawa Mion \| Minami Haasa \| Okamoto Rena \| Kato Yuuka \| Kuroda Fuuwa \| Shibuya Nagisa
Team M	Kodakari Yuka \| Jo Eriko \| Fujita Runa \| Ota Riona \| Hikawa Ayame \| Yamamoto Hitomi \| Koyanagi Arisa \| Shimada Rena \| Murakami Ayaka \| Miura Arisa \| Yamada Nana \| Takano Yui \| Kondo Rina \| Kamieda Emika \| Kinoshita Momoka \| Nakano Reina \| Ando Erina \| Iwata Momoka \| Kawakami Rena \| Kushiro Rina \| Koga Narumi \| Yamao Rina \| Sato Ami \| Akashi Natsuko \| Horinouchi Momoka \| Mizobuchi Maria \| Ijiri Anna \| Umeyama Cocona \| Yamasaki Amiru \| Hongo Yuzuha \| Nakano Mirai \| Lee Siyeon \| Hori Shion \| Sadano Haruka \| Maeda Reiko
Team BII	Umehara Mako \| Kobayashi Rikako \| Akazawa Hono \| Terui Honoka \| Kadowaki Kanako \| Umeda Ayaka \| Watanabe Miyuki \| Ueda Mirei \| Matsuoka Chiho \| Kinoshita Haruna \| Yamaguchi Yuki \| Fujie Reina \| Muranaka Yuki \| Yagura Fuuko \| Okita Ayaka \| Uemura Azusa \| Jo Eriko \| Naiki Kokoro \| Yamada Suzu \| Takahashi Sae (Kenkyuusei) \| Asao Momoka
Kenkyuusei	Yamauchi Ayaka \| Takiyama Akane \| Otani Riko \| Okada Risako \| Ishikawa Kokoro \| Hara Mizuki \| Sasaki Nanami \| Togo Sora \| Sugimoto Kano \| Sato Sorai \| Hisada Riko \| Sugino Risa \| Hirose Sena \| Ishihara Masako \| Ogawa Noa \| Nakagawa Hiromi \| Shimazaki Momoka \| Takayama Riko \| Shibata Yui \| Nishinaka Nanami \| Osawa Ai \| Odan Yui \| Orisaka Koharu

Discography
Singles	1. Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo \| 2. Oh My God! \| 3. Junjou U-19 \| 4. Nagiichi \| 5. Virginity \| 6. Kitagawa Kenji \| 7. Bokura no Eureka \| 8. Kamonegix \| 9. Takane no Ringo \| 10. Rashikunai \| 11. Don't look back! \| 12. Durian Shounen \| 13. Must be now \| 14. Amagami Hime \| 15. Boku wa Inai \| 16. Boku Igai no Dareka \| 17. Warota People \| 18. Yokubomono \| 19. Boku Datte naichau yo \| 20. Tokonoma Seiza Musume \| 21. Bokou e Kaere! \| 22. Hatsukoi Shijo Shugi \| 23. Datte Datte Datte \| 24. Koi Nanka No thank you! \| 25. Shidare Yanagi \| 26. Koi to Ai no Sono Aida ni wa \| 27. Sukida Mushi \| 28. Nagisa Saikou!
Album	1. Teppen Tottande! \| 2. Sekai no Chuushin wa Osaka ya ~Namba Jichiku~ \| 3. Namba Ai ～Ima, Omou Koto～ \| 4. NMB13
Other Songs	HA! \| Kimi to Deatte Boku wa Kawatta \| Punkish \| Shigamitsuita Seishun \| Mayonaka no Tsuyogari \| Hetawoutsu
Stages
NMB48	Osaka Tamashi Sutetara Akan \| Nambaraetii \| Osaka Kara Sekai e
Team N	Dareka no Tame ni \| Seishun Girls \| Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru \| Mokugekisha \| N Pride \| Muchuu Raibu \| N ship
Team M	Idol no Yoake \| RESET \| Dareka no Tame ni \| Koi wa Totsuzen Yattekuru \| M no Sign
Team BII	Aitakatta \| Tadaima Renaichuu \| Saka Agari \| Renai Kinshi Jourei \| 2 ban-me no Door \| Namba Egao Kaika Sengen \| Boku no Aoharu
Kenkyuusei	Dareka no Tame ni \| PARTY ga Hajimaru yo \| Aitakatta \| Seishun Girls \| Souzou no Shijin \| Todokanasou de Todoku Mono \| Yume wa Nigenai \| Will be Idol \| Sedai Koutai Zenya

Sister Groups
AKB48 Group inside Japan	AKB48 \| SKE48 \| NMB48 \| HKT48 \| NGT48 \| STU48
AKB48 Group outside Japan	JKT48 \| BNK48 \| MNL48 \| AKB48 Team SH \| AKB48 Team TP \| CGM48 \| KLP48
Former Groups	OJS48 \| SDN48 \| TPE48 \| MUM48 \| SGO48 \| DEL48 \| MUB48

Events
Sousenkyo	3rd Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 22nd Single "Kotoshi mo Gachi Desu" 4th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 27th Single "Fan ga Erabu 64 Giseki" 5th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 32nd Single "Yume wa Hitori ja Mirarenai" 6th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 37th Single "Yume no Genzaichi ~Rival wa Doko da~" 7th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 41st Single 8th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 45th Single 9th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 49th Single 10th Senbatsu Sousenkyo / Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 53rd Single
Janken Taikai	2nd Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 24th Single 3rd Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 29th Single 4th Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 34th Single 5th Janken Taikai - Solo Debut + 38th Single 6th Janken Taikai - Solo Debut 7th Janken Taikai - Unit Formation + Debut 8th Janken Taikai - Unit Debut
Group Draft Meeting	AKB48 Group Draft Meeting 2013 AKB48 Group Draft Meeting 2015