Ayaka Kikuchi (菊地 あやか, 菊地 彩香, Kikuchi Ayaka, born 30 June 1993 in Katsushika, Tokyo)[2] is a Japanese singer, actress, former model and a former member of idol group AKB48.[3] She was fired after it was revealed that she broke the "boyfriends prohibited" policy of her management agency.[4] She was a member of Team B and had returned to AKB48 as one of the seventh generation AKB48 Research Students,[5] later Team K and finally Team A.[6][7]