# Ayaka Komatsu

Ayaka Komatsu (Japanese: 小松 彩夏 Komatsu Ayaka; born 23 July 1986) is a Japanese model, gravure idol and actress. She was born in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture.

## Biography
### Modeling career

Her previous modeling agency is Amuse inc. She was a regular model of the now defunct Candy magazine. She also appeared in the Winter 2002-2003 "Angel Blue" fashion catalog and was on the cover of the manga Young Sunday dated April 7, 2005.
She was a member of the 2004 edition of the Japanese modeling quartet named Nittelligenic, an idol group sponsored by Nippon TV.

### Acting career

She has acted in the following movies: Odoru Daisosasen The Movie 2 (her role in this film was relatively minor; she gets attacked by a vampire), Koibumi, Master of Thunder, A Perfect Day for Love Letters, Drift and Drift 2 (later released as Drift Deluxe Edition), and Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru (which opened in Japan on January 20, 2007, and later in Europe under the English title My Sister, My Love).
Arguably, her best known role was as Minako Aino/Sailor V/Sailor Venus in the series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
Komatsu was in the cast of a TV show called Dandori Musume ("Appointment Girls"). Her role in Dandori Musume is more comic than tragic, in contrast to her PGSM role. In 2008, she appeared in Average and in episode 7 of Aren't You a Criminal?.
She had a recurring role in the summer Fuji TV drama Buzzer Beat, reuniting with her former Sailor Moon cast member Keiko Kitagawa, who had the lead female role as well as with Tomohisa Yamashita as Komatsu made a cameo appearance on his previous drama, Kurosagi.

### Personal life

During her birthday on July 23, 2023, she announced her marriage to a general man, and she would move her entertainment activities to Sendai due to her husband’s work.
On August 26, 2024, she announced on her Instagram account that she is expecting her first child. On February 2, 2025, she announced that she gave birth to her first child, a baby boy on January 28.

## Filmography
### TV shows

| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
| 2003 | Idol do | Fuji TV | |
| 2005-2006 | Premiere no Sōkutsu!! | Fuji TV | 4th season |
| 2006-2007 | Koisuru Hanikami | CBC/TBS | 4th assistant |

### TV drama

| Year | Series | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2003–2004 | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon | Aino Minako/Sailor Venus/Sailor V | CBC/TBS | First lead role |
| 2005 | One Missed Call | Odagiri Kyōko | TV Asahi | Guest appearance |
| 2005 | Tôbôsha: Kijima Jôichirô | fast food store clerk | Fuji TV | |
| 2006 | Kurosagi | Golddigger Girlfriend | TBS | Cameo appearance |
| 2006 | Ns' Aoi SP | medical ward novice nurse | Fuji TV | Guest appearance |
| 2006 | Isshou Wasurenai Monogatari "Million Films" | Nakano Ayumi | TV Asahi | Lead role |
| 2006 | Dandori Musume 〜Dance☆Drill〜 Saishū-banashi | Tadano Hikaru | Fuji TV | Lead role |
| 2006 | Senjo no Girl's Life | Kobayashi Bifuka | HDC | Lead Role |
| 2006 | Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi | actress | Fuji TV | episode 3 |
| 2007 | Bambino! | Minakawa Kozue | NTV | Supporting role |
| 2007 | Hataraki Man | Horita Megumi | NTV | Guest Appearance |
| 2007 | Uranaishi Tenjin | Kanae | CBC | episode 2 |
| 2007 | Kohome | Yumi | Kansai TV | |
| 2008 | Average | woman customer | Fuji TV | Supporting Role/ TV movie |
| 2008 | Kimi Hannin Janai yo ne? | Noda Asuka | TV Asahi | Guest appearance |
| 2008 | Galileo Φ: episode 0 | Hirahara Yoko | Fuji TV | Guest appearance/ TV movie |
| 2008 | The Naminori Restaurant | Shibata Hiroko | NTV | Guest appearance |
| 2009 | Buzzer Beat | Kanazawa Shion | Fuji TV | Supporting role |
| 2009 | Tokyo DOGS | model | Fuji TV | Guest appearance |
| 2009 | MW- mū - dai 0-shō 〜 akuma no game 〜 | Okazaki Aiko | NTV | |
| 2009 | Danzetsu | Kudo Aiko | TV Asahi | |
| 2010 | 853 Keiji kamo Shinnosuke | Hikawa Yui | TV Asahi | episode 5 |
| 2010 | Indigo no yoru | Kinoshita Arisa | Tokai TV | episode 11-12 |
| 2010 | Okashina keiji 6 - Saturday Wide Theat | Watanabe Akira | TV Asahi | |
| 2010 | Zettai Reido: Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sōsa | Sakota Mai | Fuji TV | episode 1 |
| 2010 | Natsu no koi wa nijiiro ni kagayaku | Nozaki Kana | Fuji TV | |
| 2011 | Misaki Number One! | Rina | Fuji TV | |
| 2011 | Sain | Miyauchi Yuka | MBS | |
| 2011 | Short piece "Kuzu" | Okazaki Aiko | Fuji TV | |
| 2011 | Shin Keishichō Sōsaikka 9 kakari | Kurahashi Rio | TV Asahi | season 3 episode 9 |
| 2011 | Mitehaikenai TV Motto Anata no Shiranai Sekai Wasurerareta yakusoku | Shuen Hitomi | BS NTV | |
| 2011 | Himitsu chōhō-in Erika | Shiraishi Risa | Yomiuri TV | episode 9 |
| 2012 | Toranaide Kudasai!! Gravure Idol Ura Monogatari | Komatsu Ayaka | TV Tokyo | |
| 2012 | Kagi no Kakatta Heya | Saito Misato | Fuji TV | episode 5 |
| 2012 | Tsuri keiji 3 - Monday Golden | Aoyama Miki | TBS | |
| 2012 | Odoru Daisōsasen The Last TV Salaryman keiji to saigo no nanjiken | policewoman | TV Asahi | |
| 2012 | Suiyō Mystery 9 Morimura Seiichi Suspense keiji no shōmei 4 | Tokioka Mami | TV Tokyo | |
| 2012 | Kodoku no Gourmet | lonely cake shop clerk | TV Tokyo | season 2 episode 6 |
| 2012 | Tokumei tantei | Hattori Yayoi | TV Asahi | episode 6 |
| 2013 | Shūden baibai | Kinoshita Kozue | TBS | episode 4 |
| 2013 | Ishikawa-kun | Kinoshita Arisa | NHK/NHKE | |
| 2013 | Apoyan 〜 Hashiru Kokusai Kūkō | Ishī | TBS | episode 5 |
| 2013 | Last Cinderella | Rie | Fuji TV | |
| 2014, 2016 | Totsugawa Sôsahan | Saori Ebata | Fuji TV | episodes 8-10 |
| 2014 | Last Doctor: Kansatsui Akita no Kenshi Hôkoku | Chiyo | TV Tokyo | episode 7 |
| 2014 | Matching Love | Reona | TBS | |
| 2015 | Hanasaki Shin'ichirō wa nemurenai! | Sakura Nami | TV Tokyo | episode 7 |
| 2015 | Ishitachi no Ren'ai Jijô | Yurie Sasaoka | Fuji TV | episode 2, 6 & 7 |
| 2015 | Hanasaki Mai ga damatteinai | Sara | NTV | episode 7 |
| 2015 | Mago senpai no iu tōri | Namiko | Fuji TV | |
| 2015 | Ganbare! White pea cheese | | TV Setouchi | TV Setouchi 30th anniversary drama |
| 2016 | Good Partner: Muteki no bengoshi | Ranko Ota | TV Asahi | episodes 6-8 |
| 2016 | Kazoku no Katachi | Yurie Sasaoka | TBS | episode 6 |
| 2016 | Yoshiwara Uradoshin ~ shinshun Yoshiwara no taika ~ | Suzune | NHK | TV movie |
| 2017 | Ishibute | Suzuhara | Wowow | Guest appearance on episode 1 |
| 2017 | Otona Kōkō | Arisa Yamazaki | TV Asahi | Guest appearance on episode 1 |
| 2017 | Kirawareru yûki | Yumi Yoshikawa | TBS | episode 4 |
| 2017 | Kasouken no Onna | Noori Eori | TV Asahi | season 16, episode 15 |
| 2017 | Sanbiki no ossan 3 | Kanako Kojima (real name: Lee Jinray) | TV Tokyo | episode 8 |
| 2017 | Plage | | Wowow | episode 1 |
| 2018 | Seigi no se | Nao Higuchi | NTV | episode 10 |
| 2019 | hakui no senshi! | Yukino Fujii | NTV | |
| 2019 | Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger | Akari | TV Asahi | episode 39 |

### Movies

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Bayside Shakedown 2 | high school girl | |
| 2004 | A Perfect Day for Love Letters | Miyashita Chiyuki | |
| 2006 | Drift / Drift 2 | Ichiro Mina | |
| 2006 | Masutā Obu sandā kessen!! Fū ma Ryūko Den | Kaori | |
| 2006 | Babel | Bikini Model in TV Commercial | (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru | Kusunoki Yuka | |
| 2008 | The Devotion of Suspect X | Hirahara Yōko | |
| 2009 | Eto | Shibushige | voice |
| 2009 | Kansen Rettō | Kashimura Kyōko | |
| 2009 | MW- Mu | Okazaki Aiko | |
| 2009 | Killer Virgin Road | Ayaka | |
| 2010 | Neck | Kaori | |
| 2012 | Ramo Trip Kohitsuji Dolly | Higo Ayumi | |
| 2012 | Bokura ga ita zenpen/ Kōhen | Yamamoto Nana | |
| 2012 | Odoru Daisōsasen: The Final - Aratanaru Kibō | Policewoman | |
| 2012 | Musashino-sen no Shimai | Munakata Shizuru | |
| 2013 | Neon cho | Yoshida Sakurako | starring |
| 2013 | Talk to the Dead | Yuri | starring |
| 2013 | Miss Zombie | Shuen Shara | |
| 2014 | Natsu zen. Owari | Yoshida Sakurako | |
| 2014 | Yokotawaru Kanojo | Momoko Matsuura | starring |
| 2015 | Bokutachi wa jôzu ni yukkuri dekinai | Someya | segment "Hanabi Kafe" |
| 2017 | Kuruibana | Asami Kamijo | segment "Cursing" |
| 2018 | The Werewolf Game: Inferno | | |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Unlucky Days | Miki | starring |
| 2008 | Every Little Thing | | |
| 2008 | Nemurenu yoru no honky-tonk blues kanketsu-hen: Host sanjō | Mutsumi | |
| 2009 | Kagotsurube | O ichi | |
| 2009 | Light flight: kaeritai yatsura | | |
| 2010 | Nemurenu yoru no 1 × 8 Requiem: Naked Police Academy | Mimura Momoko | |
| 2011 | Line | Kitano Bi kan | |
| 2012 | Ningyohime | Ningyohime | |
| 2013 | Miagereba ano Ni-Tsu to onaji sora | Takabe Sayuri | |
| 2014 | Masshirona zumen to taimu mashin | Ayame Shibamori | |
| 2014 | Naka no Hito | Karin | |
| 2016 | Sōkō Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru | Giovanni | |
| 2018 | Hoshi no Matsuri ni fuku kaze | Iwate | |

## Publications
### Singles

* 2003: C'est la vie 〜 Watashi no naka no koi suru bubun (C'est la Vie～私の中の恋する部分: C'est la Vie ~ the Loving Part within Me)
* 2003: Katagoshi ni Kinsei (肩越しに金星: Venus Over Your Shoulder)
* 2004: Romance
* 2004: Kiss!² Bang!²
* 2004: Sayonara ~ Sweet Days (さよなら～Sweet Days: Goodbye ~ Sweet Days)
* 2008: Happy time, Happy life

### Albums

* 2003: I'll Be Here (under title Aino Minako)

### Other Albums as Aino Minako

* Kirari ☆ Sailor Dream! C / w C'est la vie (11, 2003, Columbia Music Entertainment)
* (February 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon DJ Moon
* (February 2004, same as above) pack Sailor Moon Koro-chan
* (March 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon Character Song Sailor Venus Minako Aino
* (May 2004, same as above) pack Sailor Moon 2 Koro-chan
* (May 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon DJ Moon 2
* (June 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon Dear My Friend
* (July 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon DJ Moon 3
* (July 2004, same as above) pack Sailor Moon 3 Koro-chan
* Three pieces, including a mini-album (September 2004, same as above) Sailor Moon Moon Light Real Girl of Aino Minako
* Sailor Moon Song Collection (November 2004, same as above)

### Idol DVDs

* 2004: Figure A Nittelegenic 2004 Komatsu Ayaka
* 2005: Megami no Chu! Nittelegenic 2004 Komatsu Ayaka
* 2005: Masaka… Komatsu Ayaka
* 2007: Sho o Suteyo, Mizugi ni Naro!
* 2007: Dream Note
* 2007: Happy ending: Dream Note II
* 2009: AYAKA
* 2009: Ayaka×Komatsu Ayaka
* 2011: Ayakafuru
* 2012: Hawaaaaaaaaaaii

### Idol photobooks

* 2004: Ayaka no natsu ISBN 978-4847028229
* 2004: Nitchoku - Nittelegenic Official Photos ISBN 978-4820399209
* 2005: Summer Date ISBN 978-4847028816
* 2006: Moon Doll ISBN 978-4093721059
* 2007: Cheeeeeez ISBN 978-4847040092
* 2009: AYAKA×killer Virgin Road ISBN 978-4847041877
* 2011: Ayaka no zenbu ISBN 978-4-8470-4366-6
* 2012: Komagokochi ISBN 978-4847045042
* 2019: KOMAPHOTO [fantasy]
* 2019: KOMAPHOTO [real]