What is Ayaka Kimura?
{{BLP unsourced|date=June 2013}} '''Ayaka Kimura''' ({{lang-ja|木村絢香}}; born 30 October 1981 in [[Kobe, Hyōgo|Kobe]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]) is a Japanese [[actress]]. She is married to professional [[golf]]er, [[Tanihara Hideto]]. She is a former member of ''Hello!Project'', a group of idol music groups produced by Tsunku. She debuted as a member of Coconuts Musume in 1999. She became the group's only member in 2004, but continued in ''Hello!Project'' under the name ''Coconuts Musume Ayaka''. In 2008, after nine years, she graduated from ''Hello!Project'' to pursue her career as an actress. She subsequently changed her name from Kimura Ayaka to her current stage name, '''Nagate Ayaka''' ({{lang|ja|長手絢香}}). {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimura, Ayaka}} [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Japanese movie actors]] [[Category:Japanese singers]] [[Category:Actors from Hyōgo Prefecture]] {{actor-stub}}