is a Japanese actress under the Sony Music Artists.
Koike made her acting debut in the Japanese television drama ''Botan to Bara'' as Rika Nojima in 2004. In 2007, Koike appeared in
NHK Educational TV
, abbreviated on-screen as NHK E, is the second television service of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). It is a sister service of NHK General TV, showing programs of a more educational, cultural or intellectual nature, periodically also sh ...
's as Hikari Tsukishima, the only female in the detective group. 2007 was also the year Koike made her first appearance in films starring in ''
Sakuran
, is a Japanese manga series by Moyoco Anno. The manga is about a girl who goes through different names throughout the story and becomes a , or high ranking (courtesan).
North American publisher Vertical Inc published it in English in July ...
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and ''
Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi
is a 2007 Japanese drama film directed by Takashi Yamazaki, based on the manga '' Sunset on Third Street'' by Ryōhei Saigan. It is a sequel to '' Always: Sunset on Third Street'' (2005).
At the 31st Japan Academy Film Prize it won two awar ...
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In ''Sakuran'', Koike played the part of the young Kiyoha, the main character of the story. In ''Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi'', Koike played as Mika Suzuki, a relative that moves in to live with the Suzuki family at the beginning of the movie after her father's business ended in failure.
In 2010, Koike played Mizuki Tsuji in the stage production ''Alice in Deadly School''. In 2011, Koike was starring in ''
Into the White Night
is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa. It was screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. It is based on Journey Under the Midnight Sun, by Keigo Higashino.
Plot
A pawn ...
'', the theatrical adaptation of ''
Journey Under the Midnight Sun''.
Koike was one of three receivers of the Judges' Special Acting Award at the 17th Japan Movie Critics Awards in 2008.
Koike and the other two receivers of the award, Kenta Suga and Kazuki Koshimizu, were granted the award in recognition of their performance in ''Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi''.
Koike released her first photobook on February 13, 2009. Koike commented on one photo where she holds a scarf up to her mouth, stating that she liked it because the look of her gaze staring straight at the camera made her look like an adult.
Her mother was reported as being quite shocked about how mature Koike looked in the photographs. Koike's first idol DVD named was released in 2009 and her second DVD named was released in 2010.
Koike is one of eleven girls in the girl group Tokyo Cheer Cheer Party.
Filmography
References
External links
Ayamu's profile page at Sony Music ArtistsAyamu's official blog*
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1995 births
Japanese child actresses
Living people