Ayaka Imoto

is a Japanese actress and model who portrays Sakura Igarashi/Kamen Rider Jeanne in Kamen Rider Revice. 
==Biography==
In 2017, Imoto won the 15th pageant out of over 80,000 other applicants. Later that year, she made her acting debut. In 2020, she made her gravure debut. In 2021, she landed the role of Sakura in Revice. 
==Personal life==
*Imoto is skilled in classical ballet and has been doing it since first grade. In fifth grade, she won the Kyoto Mayor's Award competition.
*Imoto had watched some Kamen Rider as her younger brother is a fan. She notes Kamen Rider Drive and Kamen Rider Ex-Aid to be very memorable and was honored to have met Hiroki Iijima, who like Imoto is also affiliated with Oscar Promotion. 
*Because Imoto is an older sister herself, she found it hard to portray the spoiled youngest sibling in Revice.Revice reader 2023 , pp. 10–13, "KAMEN RIDER REVICE MAIN CAST INTERVIEW 03 Ayaka Imoto"
===Health Issues===
*Imoto tested positive for COVID-19 on February 28, 2022, leading to her appearance in the being canceled.https://www.instagram.com/p/CaZlVJKlrZn/https://www.instagram.com/p/CagrGOprlkz/ She had since recovered and was able to return to filming Revice without delays.https://www.instagram.com/p/CazO-QfFxDR/
==Filmography==
===Television===
*Kamen Rider Revice (2021-2022) - Sakura Igarashi/Kamen Rider Jeanne
===Film===
*Kamen Rider Revice: The Movie (2021) - Sakura Igarashi
*Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations (2021) - Sakura Igarashi/Kamen Rider Jeanne
*Kamen Rider Revice: Battle Familia (2022) - Sakura Igarashi/Kamen Rider Jeanne
*Kamen Rider Geats × Revice: Movie Battle Royale (2022) - Sakura Igarashi/Kamen Rider Jeanne
*Revice Forward: Kamen Rider Live & Evil & Demons (2023) - Sakura Igarashi
===Webseries===
*Kamen Rider Jeanne & Kamen Rider Aguilera with Girls Remix (2022) - Sakura Igarashi/Kamen Rider Jeanne
==Discography==
*Go with the flo (with Kentaro Maeda and Wataru Hyuga)
*Cherry-ish! (with Miku Ito)
*Love yourself (with Nice Family)
==Notes==
*Much of the karate moves that Sakura performs in the show was taught to Imoto by Kentaro Maeda, who himself had been practicing karate for over 14 years.Animage, October 2021, Tokuma Shoten 104-105p
*Though Sakura is portrayed as Daiji's younger sister, Imoto is actually older than Wataru Hyuga by five months.
*Imoto received a phone case from both Maeda and Hyuga for her 18th birthday.https://www.instagram.com/p/CVpTedClit_/https://www.instagram.com/p/CVpQ_ZcvKpN/
==External Links==
*Japanese Wikipedia
*Official Agency Profile
*Official Instagram
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