is a Japanese

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, and

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. She is best known for her stint as a model for the ''

Koakuma Ageha ''Koakuma Ageha'' (, lit. "Little-devil Swallowtail ") is a gyaru fashion magazine, fashion and lifestyle magazine

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. She was a major contributor to ''Koakuma Ageha'' for 4 years and 10 months, since the magazine's very early days. She left ''Koakuma Ageha'' in 2011, and has since become a main model for its sister magazine '' Ane Ageha''.

Career

Araki was born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. She lived in Kyoto until she moved to

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to learn makeup art and

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. She graduated from

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s specialized in these arts, but entered nightwork at the age of 19 when she began working at a

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''Koakuma Ageha''

She began

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at the age of 21 after being approached to model by ''

Koakuma Ageha ''Koakuma Ageha'' (, lit. "Little-devil Swallowtail ") is a gyaru fashion magazine, fashion and lifestyle magazine

s editorial board in 2005 when she was a hostess at a Kabukicho hostess bar."History of Sayaka Araki"
'' Oricon Celebrity Dictionary'' Araki moved to

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in 2006 and began working at Roppongi hostess bar R, under her new genji name "Riona Aihara"."'Koakuma Ageha' charismatic model Sayaka Araki debuts as a DJ"
19 March 2009, ''

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'' She had since worked for R by 2008 when she retired from the nightwork. Her "graduation from the night" was featured in ''Koakuma Ageha'' for the November 2008 issue."Analyzing 'Koakuma Ageha' and 'Mori Girl' as Lifestyles"
20 February 2010, by Hideaki Matsunaga

Outside ''Koakuma Ageha''

Araki started a professional career as a

under the stage name , releasing a CD in 2009 when she also launched her own fashion brand "GRS". She began performing at various night clubs all over Japan, and even made a collaboration with

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event ''House Nation Fiesta'' where the attendees included

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, among others. She then established her own commercial building, "Girl's Factory Dot", in 2009 in

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. "Girl's Factory Dot" launched as a 3-story building, where all the floors were dedicated to her own fashion brand GRS. She also released her first book, a

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book , in 2009. Araki left ''Koakuma Ageha'' with her last appearance in the March 2011 issue, moving to its sister magazine '' Ane Ageha''.

Nightwork

Araki engaged in nightwork for about 4 years from the age of 19 through to 23.'' Koakuma Ageha October 2010 Issue'' : " Legends of the Night Hall of Fame in Kabukicho and Roppongi!!!! : Legend of Sayaka Araki" , 10 October 2010, '' Inforest'' Her first workplace was a

in Kabukicho,

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, where she got the genji name of . At that time, the city was at the twilight of an era of "

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". She rose to one of the highest-ranked hostesses within 2 or 3 months, and finally to the second-ranked one, at the bar where most customers were "overly-rich guys" involving in the illegal business. She began appearing in the ''

Koakuma Ageha ''Koakuma Ageha'' (, lit. "Little-devil Swallowtail ") is a gyaru fashion magazine, fashion and lifestyle magazine

'' magazine at this time. Araki left the bar and after spending about six months outside the nightwork, she returned to Shinkuku at the age of 20 to work at another Kabukicho hostess bar, where she got the genji name of . She rose to the top hostess at the bar and worked for the bar until she moved to

to work at R, a newly opened Roppongi hostess bar where she was hired as the "face". She had since worked at the Roppongi bar for two years. Araki retired from the nightwork at the age of 23. ''Koakuma Ageha'' featured her retirement from the nightwork with its special editorial titled .

Notable appearances

Magazines

*'' Ane Ageha'' *''

Koakuma Ageha ''Koakuma Ageha'' (, lit. "Little-devil Swallowtail ") is a gyaru fashion magazine, fashion and lifestyle magazine

'', *''Oneh-san ni Natta!!! Koakuma Ageha×Happie Nuts×I Love Mama'',

Music videos

*"Eternal", *"Tasuki",

Others

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", *Event: ''Sea Rize Rock 09×Nadesicollection09'', *Website: "Model Closet",

Discography

*, *, "Sayaka Araki has her first try at singing, with a naki-kyun love song"
28 January 2010, '' Model Press''

References

External links

"Sayaka Araki Official Website"
official website
"Sayaka Araki Official Blog 'A Lucky'"
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