Sayaka Nakaya

Voice actress
singer

Years active2007–presentAgentAmuletoMusical careerGenres

J-pop
Anison

Instrument(s)

Vocals
clarinet

Musical artist

Sayaka Nakaya (仲谷明香, Nakaya Sayaka, born October 15, 1991)^[1] is a Japanese voice actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is from Iwate. While with AKB48 she was a member of the subunit No Name. Her biggest role as a voice actress was as the title character Chitose Sakuraba in the anime series Chitose Get You!!.

Career

Nakaya passed AKB48's generation 3 audition on December 3, 2006. She is one of 20 girls who passed from among 12.828 candidates. She was first on stage at AKB48 Theater as part of Team B on April 8, 2007. On August 23, 2009, a reshuffle was announced and Nakaya was transferred to Team A.^[2]

On December 2, 2010, an audio book of Moshidora read by her received "Audio Book Award 2010". The audio book gets awarded based on consumer votes in FeBe! audio book website.^[3] She also provided voice in the anime series of Moshidora.^[4]

Along with fellow member from Team K Miku Tanabe, Nakaya formed a unit called Baby Gamba. The unit released a single DVD "Ee Janaika" (ええじゃないか) under label Avex on September 14, 2011. Baby Gamba is a character in anime series Ganba no Bōken, a series based on kids book "Bōkentachi Gamba to 15-hiki no Nakama" by Otsuka Saito.^[5]

On December 13, 2011, her name was chosen along with 9 other members to voice characters in AKB48's original anime series AKB0048.^[6]

An autobiography of her, titled "Hisenbatsu Idol" was published in 2012.^[7] When she was a member, she was one of 4 AKB48's anime fan who is called "wota 4".^{[citation needed]}

On Team K Waiting Stage on March 2, 2013 at night, Nakaya suddenly announces her departure as an AKB48 member to taking part in a voice acting audition. 4 days later at the same stage, she had her last and graduation concert as an AKB48 member. At the same time, she also quit from her former agency Mousa.^[8]

Filmography

Anime

Aikatsu Stars! as Haruka Ruka
AKB0048 as Orine Aida
AKB0048 Next Stage as Orine Aida
Chaos;Child as Hana Kazuki
Asako Get You!! as Chitose Sakuraba
Chitose Get You!! as Chitose Sakuraba
HappinessCharge PreCure! as Orina/Cure Wave
Idol Incidents as Ume Momoi
Kiznaiver as Ruru
Magical Somera-chan as Somera Nonomoto
Momokuri as Yuzuki Shimada
Moshidora as Ayano Hōjō
Tales of the Abyss as maid 1 (episode 1)
The Idolm@ster as boy (episode 1)
The Lost Village as girl (episode 6); Naana
The Magnificent Kotobuki as Kate
Triage X as Kaname Makishi

Video games

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Atelier Sophie as Tess Heitzmann
Chaos;Child as Hana Kazuki
Chōginga Sendan as Yuki Katsumura
Himedatsu! Demon Saga as Charles
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 as Mina Nishizawa
Idol Jihen as Shion Kagaya
Moeru Mahjong Moejan! as Ayumu Honrō
Thousand Memories as Hanabishi no An'yakusha Isabel
Uchi no Himesama ga Ichiban Kawaii as Condemned Princess Gabriella

Narration

^[9]

Harapeko Yamagami-kun
Zenryoku Ōen! NHK-hai Figure 2012 navigator

Discography

Singles with AKB48

Year	No.	Title	Role^[10]	Notes
2009	12	"Namida Surprise"	B-side	Sang on "Shonichi"
2009	14	"River"	B-side	Sang on "Hikokigumo" with Theater Girls
2010	16	"Ponytail to Shushu"	B-side	Sang on "Boku no YELL" with Theater Girls
2010	18	"Beginner"	B-side	Sang on "Nakeru Basho" with DIVA
2010	19	"Chance no Junban"	B-side	Sang on "Kurumi to Dialogue" with Team A
2011	20	"Sakura no Ki ni Naro"	B-side	Sang on "Area K" with DIVA
2011	21	"Everyday, Katyusha"	B-side	Sang on "Hito no Chikara" with Under Girls
2011	23	"Kaze wa Fuiteiru"	B-side	Sang on "Vamos" with Under Girls Baragumi
2011	24	"Ue kara Mariko"	B-side	Sang on "Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai" with Team A
2012	25	"Give Me Five"	B-side	Sang on "Jung ya Freud no Baai" with Special Girls C
2012	26	"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"	B-side	Sang on "Mitsu no Namida" with Special Girls
2012	27	"Gingham Check"	B-side	Sang on "Do Re Mi Fa Onchi" with Next Girls
2012	28	"Uza"	B-side	Sang on "Scrap & Build" with Team K
2012	29	"Eien Pressure"	B-side	Sang on "Watashitachi no Reason"
2012	30	"So Long!"	B-side	Sang on "Yuuhi Marie" with Team K

Collaborations and character songs

Single	Information	Peak position^[11]
"Happiness Charge Precure! Wow!" (ハピネスチャージプリキュア!WOW!) Sayaka Nakaya and Hitomi Yoshida HappinessCharge PreCure! opening song^[12]	Released: March 5, 2014^[13] Label: Marvelous AQL Catalog No. : MJSS-09114/5	13
"Prism Max ~Heisei Ishin Full HD Remastered Edition~" (プリズムMAX 〜平成維新フルHDリマスター版〜) Sayaka Nakaya, Kaede Hondo, Rika Momokawa, & Maria Naganawa Fushigi na Somera-chan opening song	Released: November 21, 2015^[14] Label: Studio Chant Catalog No.: STCH-0012

References

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^ ^a ^b "仲谷明香 - amuleto / マネージメントオフィスアミュレート". Amulet. Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
^ Center and A-side lineup information provided by "AKB48 歴代シングル選抜メンバー（2006年～2013年）" [(2006-2013) AKB48 successive single member selection]. entamedata.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
^ "NO NAMEのシングル売上ランキング". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
^ "Ex-AKB48 Member Sayaka Nakaya Sings "Happinesscharge PreCure!" OP Song". Crunchyroll. January 3, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
^ "ハピネスチャージプリキュア!WOW!/プリキュア・メモリ(DVD付) - 仲谷明香,吉田仁美". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
^ "プリズムMAX～平成維新フルHDリマスター版～ - 野乃本ソメラ(仲谷明香),野乃本ククル(本渡楓),天童雫(桃河りか),松嶋あい(長縄まりあ)". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 12 April 2017.