is a Japanese comedian, TV personality and actress.

Career

Imoto graduated from the third class of the Watanabe Comedy School (run by

Watanabe Entertainment is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production Group. Its head office is in Shibuya, Tokyo and the company's principle functions include organizing television and radio programming, managing Japanese entert ...

). During her 3rd year, she began working in entertainment as part of the comedy duo ''Tokyo Horumon Musume'' with fellow entertainer Barbie. She began appearing on the television variety program, ''Sekai no hatemade itteQ'', in 2007, mainly as a reporter traveling to exotic locales and confronting the wildlife, earning her the nickname . For her television appearances, she usually wears a sailor suit school uniform with thick painted eyebrows.

Attempt to climb Mount Everest

When Imoto reached the summit of

Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...

in June 2009 as part of the show ''Sekai no hatemade itteQ'', she said that she wanted to climb

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

someday. After she descended

Manaslu Manaslu ( ne, मनास्लु, also known as Kutang; muh-NAA-slu) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Mana ...

in October 2013, she decided to climb Everest after Mr. Ishizaki, the director of the TV program who also reached the summit of Manaslu, said that if she did not, he would climb Mount Everest without her. Some mountaineering professionals opposed the project because it would make people think it was easy to climb, even though she would be employing a lot of professionals as helpers. She practiced hard in order to climb Mount Everest, but when she reached the Mount Everest base camp, thirteen

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employed by another mountaineering party in Nepal died because of a major avalanche on April 18, 2014. Her Sherpas gave up the climb and Imoto abandoned the attempt. In a poll of the audience, about 44.5% wanted her to try again, but about 44.1% answered “No”.

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is considering their options.Imoto Ayako no Eberesto tōchō dannen mondai saichōsen shite hoshii? (Imoto Ayako gave up climbing Mount Everest. Do you want her to try again?). (2014, May 9). The Real Live Web. Retrieved:http://npn.co.jp/article/detail/50435854/ ay 25, 2014

References

External links

Official agency profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Imoto, Ayako 1986 births Living people People from Tottori Prefecture Japanese women comedians Japanese television personalities Watanabe Entertainment Bunkyo University alumni