Kikuchi Ayaka was a member of AKB48's Team A.
Catchphrase
- スマイリンリンリン、30歳のあやりんこと菊地あやかです。よろしくお願いします
- SUMAIRINRINRIN, 30-sai no Ayarin koto Kikuchi Ayaka desu. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu
- (Smiling-ling-ling, I'm Kikuchi Ayaka also known as Ayarin, 30 years old. Please be nice to me)
Team History
- 2006.12.09 - Joined AKB48 as a Team B member
- 2008.08.14 - Dismissed from AKB48's Team B due to a scandal
- 2008.12 - Returned to AKB48 as a Kenkyuusei
- 2009.08.23 - Promoted to Team K (2009 Team Shuffle)
- 2012.08.24 - Transferred to Team A (Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle)
- 2014.02.24 - Was offered to transfer to NMB48's Team N, but chose to remain with her former team (AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri)
- 2014.09.23 - Graduated from AKB48's Team A (Announcement: April 14, 2014 | Graduation Stage: April 21, 2014 | Last activity: September 23, 2014)
AKB48 Events
- 1st Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
- 2nd Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
- 3rd Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
- 4th Senbatsu Election - #51 (Future Girls)
- 5th Senbatsu Election - #51 (Future Girls)
- 6th Senbatsu Election - Didn't Participate
Singles Participation
Albums Participation
- 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)
- Kakushin ga Moterumono (Tsugi no Ashiato)
Units
- B1 (Seishun Girls)
- Ame no Doubutsuen
- Fushidara na Natsu
- B3 (Pajama Drive)
- Kagami no Naka no Jean D'arc
- RS2 (Idol no Yoake)
- Zannen Shoujo
- H2 (Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai)
- Confession (Revival)
- K6 (RESET)
- Ashita no Tame ni Kiss wo
- Team A Waiting Stage
- Kuroi Tenshi
- Tsundere! (New Units)
Concert Units
Yokohama Arena 2010 'AKB48 Manseki Matsuri Kibou Sanpi Ryouron'
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2011
Gyomu Renraku. Tanomuzo, Katayama Bucho! in Saitama Super Arena
AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2012
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai "Shirokuro tsukeyou janai ka!"
- AKB48 Group
AKB48 8th Anniversary
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2013
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014
DVDs
Other DVDs
- [2010.10.20] Hashire Natsuyasumi (タイトル未定) (With Watarirouka Hashiritai)
Media Appearances
Movies
- Three-Day Boys (スリーデイボーイズ) (2009)
Dramas
- Majisuka Gakuen 2 (マジスカ学園2) (2011)
Variety Shows
- AKB 1ji 59fun!
- AKB 0ji 59fun!
- AKBINGO!
- Shukan AKB
- AKB48 Nemousu Terebi (Season 7)
- AKB48 no Anta, Dare?
Trivia
- Hobbies: Talking with the other members
- Favorite food: Seasoned seaweed, shaved ice
- Good friends with: Nakagawa Haruka (AyaGon), Sato Sumire
- Former member of Watarirouka Hashiritai
- Former member of Cooking Club
- Came up with the idea of Noguchi Reina playing Jankenpon each time she introduces herself at a performance
- Phone strap features Minnie Mouse
- Was a sprinter on her track team at school
- Her bedroom is almost entirely pink
- Admires fellow AKB48 member Oshima Yuko
- Originally a 3rd Generation member from Team B, she was fired from the group but later returned as a 7th Generation Kenkyuusei after fans asked the management to give her a second chance.
- She was the first member of AKB48 and any 46/48 Group to be dismissed by management, and also the first to be allowed to return afterwards.
- She was also the first member of any 46/48 Group to leave their original group for any reason and rejoin.
- She was also the first member of any group to have been a member of two different generations of the same group.
- She announced her marriage and pregnancy in December 2014.
- She gave birth to a baby boy on April 30, 2015. She has since given birth to another son and a daughter.