Full Name: Ayumi Tanaka
(田中あゆみ)
Birth name: (田中歩美)
Birthday, March 15, 1996
Residence: Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Ethnicity (Japanese American)
Nickname: Ayu-chan
Debut: September 2008
Team: B
Generation: Sixth
Height: 165 cm
Likes: Making friends, spending time exploring the world, meeting new fans
Hobbies: Singing Karaoke, Trying new foods, Kendo, Freestyle Dancing
Special Skills: Winking and grinning at the same time, Dancing, Singing
Good Friends with: Mayu Watanabe, Jurina Matsui, Miho Miyazaki
Jurina and her are classmates and have a "sisterly bond"
Miho shares Ayumi's love for K-pop and sometimes can be heard singing along
Mayu is her favorite senpai she looks up to and are rarely seen apart
Favorite Phrases: Always perform with a smile! Strive to be yourself never let anyone ruin your dreams! Eh!? you want to me talk in English I-I don't know if you'll want to hear it"
Favorite Smell: Strawberries or any types of berries
Favorite Food: Spicy Ramen, Pizza, Any type of Yakiniku meat
Favorite Artists: BoA, Hikaru Utada, Koda Kumi
Future Ambition: Singer
Favorite TV Show: Hana no Yori Dango
Lightstick Color: Magenta
Trivia
~Grew up in the United States for seven years in Washington DC causing her to be fluent in English
~The most fluent in English due to it being her native language and if often the translator for the group
~She and Jurina were the youngest rookies to join the group being around age (11-12)
~Gets shipped constantly with Jurina due to their close bond and are rarely seen apart (Ayurina)
~Known to have growing female fanbase often young much to the jealousy of her peers
~Gets teased for messing up her introduction during her first day
~Known to get shy during performance but has grown since then. She's the main target of teasing from Mayu
~Nicknamed "AKB48's little songbird" due to her young age and talent fans would attend to hear her sing.
~Her mother, Hanako Inoue was a former member of Onyanko Club during its existence, she's now a housewife supporting her husband's restaurant
~Seeks to Yuko Oshima for advice and is shockingly the main one Oshima gets along with
~She is Mayu's favorite person to hang around creating the nickname "Ayuyu"
~Said to have a distinct accent due to her time in America sometimes she mispronounces certain words by accident.
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An Idol's journey: An AKB48 Fic
FanfictionAyumi Tanaka, a Japanese American girl who always had a passion for dancing for as long as she remembered. Fate has it when she gets recruited into a rising idol group called AKB48. Watch her grow as an idol as she makes friends, overcoming various...
