Yamamoto Sayaka

'**Yamamoto Sayaka** was a member of Nogizaka46's 1st Generation. She is currently pursuing a career as a singer-songwriter.

## Trivia

* **Audition Song**: fairyland (Hamasaki Ayumi)
* **Hobbies**: Learning, studying history, listening to music, watching movies, bowling, practicing guitar
* **Special Skills**: Being enthusiastic
* **Charm Points**: Moles around her moth, collarbones, eyes
* **Favorite Food**: Vegetables, Chinese Food, Japanese Confectionery
* **Favorite Subject**: History
* **Favorite Sport**: Basketball
* **Favorite Color**: Black, Navy Blue
* **Favorite artists**: YUI, Avril Lavigne, Taylor Swift, Janet Jackson
* **Future Ambition**: Singer-songwriter, or something that will allow her to continue singing
* When she was growing up her name was often misread as "Aya", which is a more common reading of the kanji used in her name as "Sayaka" (彩).
	+ Her parents chose the name because they wanted her to be someone who "colors the hearts of many people".
* Her official nickname was Sayaka, but she was often called Sayanee (from onee-san, meaning older sister).
* She has two older brothers (5 and 2 years older) and one older sister (4 years older).
* She has a pet toy poodle named Neon.
* Her childhood dream was to be a nursery school teacher or a dancer.
* She attended an all-girls high school in Kyoto Prefecture.
* She was a member of the girls band MAD CATZ before joining Nogizaka46. She played lead guitar.
* She likes bowling. Her high score is 191.
* She is bad at whistling.
* She is the youngest member of 1st Generation.
* She graduated on April 30, 2020 (announcement: November 26, 2019)

## Singles Participation

### Nogizaka46 A-Sides

* Guru Guru Curtain
* Oide Shampoo
* Hashire! Bicycle
* Seifuku no Mannequin (Hachi Fukujin)
* Kimi no Na wa Kibou
* Girl's Rule
* Barrette
* Kidzuitara Kataomoi
* Natsu no Free & Easy
* Inochi wa Utsukushii
* Harujion ga Sakukoro
* Influencer
* Jikochuu de Ikou!
* Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru (Jyuuyon Fukujin)
* Sing Out! (Jyuuyon Fukujin)
* Shiawase no Hogosyoku (Jyuuichi Fukujin)

### Nogizaka46 B-Sides

* Nogizaka no Uta (Guru Guru Curtain)
* Aitakatta Kamoshirenai (Guru Guru Curtain)
* Ushinaitakunai Kara (Guru Guru Curtain)
* Shiroi Kumo ni Notte (Guru Guru Curtain)
* Kokoro no Kusuri (Oide Shampoo)
* House! (Oide Shampoo)
* Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka? (Hashire! Bicycle)
* Oto ga Denai Guitar (Hashire! Bicycle)
* Kairyuu no Shima yo (Hashire! Bicycle)
* Yubi Bouenkyou (Seifuku no Mannequin)
* Haru no Melody (Seifuku no Mannequin)
* Shakiism (Kimi no Na wa Kibou)
* Romantic Ikayaki (Kimi no Na wa Kibou)
* 13nichi no Kinyobi (Kimi no Na wa Kibou)
* Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover (Girl's Rule)
* Koumori yo (Girl's Rule)
* Senpuuki (Girl's Rule)
* Hoka no Hoshi Kara (Girl's Rule)
* Ningen to Iu Gakki (Girl's Rule)
* Tsuki no Okisa (Barrette)
* Watashi no Tame ni, Dareka no Tame ni (Barrette)
* Sonna Baka na (Barrette)
* Hatsukoi no Hito wo Ima Demo (Barrette)
* Romance no Start (Kidzuitara Kataomoi)
* Toiki no Method (Kidzuitara Kataomoi)
* Umareta Mama de (Kidzuitara Kataomoi)
* Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru (Natsu no Free & Easy)
* Toomawari no Aijou (Nandome no Aozora ka?)
* Ano Hi Boku wa Tossa ni Uso wo Tsuita (Nandome no Aozora ka?)
* Tachinaori Chuu (Inochi wa Utsukushii)
* Wakaregiwa, Motto Suki ni Naru (Taiyou Knock)
* Shitto no Kenri (Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru)
* Otona e no Chikamichi (Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru)
* Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru (Influencer)
* Another Ghost (Influencer)
* Under (Nigemizu)
* My Rule (Itsuka Dekirukara Kyou Dekiru)
* Against (Synchronicity)
* Atarashii Sekai (Synchronicity)
* Anna ni Sukidatta no ni... (Jikochuu de Ikou!)
* Caravan wa Nemuranai (Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru)
* Kokuhaku no Junban (Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru)
* Boku no Koto, Shitteru? (Yoakemade Tsuyogaranakutemoii)
* ~Do my best~ Ja Imi wa Nai (Yoakemade Tsuyogaranakutemoii)

## Albums Participation

### Nogizaka46 Albums

* Dareka wa Mikata (Toumei na Iro)
* Boku ga Iru Basho (Toumei na Iro)
* Jiyuu no Kanata (Toumei na Iro)
* Kimi ga Aoi de Kureta (Umaretekara Hajimete Mita Yume)
* Mangetsu ga Kieta (Umaretekara Hajimete Mita Yume)
* Settei Ondo (Umaretekara Hajimete Mita Yume)

## Units

### Cinq Étoiles

* Otona e no Chikamichi (Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru)

### Girls' School Quartet

* Kuchiyakusoku (Sorezore no Isu)
* Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru (Influencer)
* Kokuhaku no Junban (Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru)