Saito Asuka

Saito Asuka
Saito Asuka (2018 - Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru)
Name
Kanji	齋藤飛鳥
Kana	さいとう あすか
Romaji	Saitō Asuka
Nickname	Ashurin (あしゅりん)
Birth Info
Birthdate	August 10, 1998
Birthplace	Tokyo, Japan
Blood type	O
Current Age	26 Years Old
Sizes
Height	158cm
Professional Info
Agency	N46Div.
Social Networks	Official Website / Instagram / Twitter / Weibo
Idol Career Info
Former Group	Nogizaka46
Former Team	1st Generation
Debuted	June 2011 / 1st Generation
Graduated	December 2022

Saito Asuka was a member of Nogizaka46's 1st Generation. She is a "sweet" regular model and former "CUTiE" exclusive model.

Trivia

• Audition Song: if (Nishino Kana)
• Good friends with: Kitano Hinako
• Looks up to: Hashimoto Nanami
• She is the youngest member of Nogizaka46's 1st generation.
• She has two older brothers.
• Her mother is from Myanmar.
  • She went to Myanmar alone as part of the Nogizaka Under Construction 15th Single Hit Prayer Campaign, in order to pray for the success of Hadashi de Summer (her first center in a Nogizaka46 A-side). She visited Shwedagon Pagoda and the Golden Rock, and also saw her relatives.
• She is a former child actress. She appeared in commercials for brands such as Takara Tomy and Yakult, and was also in the film "Sakuran" by Mika Ninagawa.
• She is famous for having very long titles to her blog entries, but also for not updating it very often.
• She is afraid of large crowds.
• She claims she is not good at talking to others.
• She can play the drums.
  • She did a live drum performance of the song Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai during the Nogizaka46 Summer National Tour 2018.
• She is known for having a very small head, which is frequently compared to Akimoto Manatsu's big head.
• She was a "CUTiE" exclusive model until the end of the magazine, and was the first ever exclusive model for the magazine.
• She is currently a "sweet" magazine regular model, and has a regular serialization in MEN'S NON-NO.
• She starred in the Fall-Winter 2015 advertisement campaign for fashion designer ANNA SUI with fellow Nogizaka46 members Kitano Hinako and Saito Yuri.
• From April 2, 2016 to March 27, 2021, she had regular appearances on the "HARRY'S ENGLISH CLASS" corner of the "POP OF THE WORLD" Radio Program. She was the youngest and first female idol to become a J-WAVE member.
  • Despite this, her score in English on Nogizaka Under Construction's 3rd Academic Rankings Quiz was only 1 point out of 20.
• On February 4, 2021, she was awarded the Talent Award at the "WEIBO Account Festival in Japan 2020".
• Though she is not the center for Nogizaka46’s 29th Single Actually..., a music video promoting her and Yamashita Mizuki in a Double Center position was released after Nakanishi Aruno's scandal and suspension.
• By January 2023, had completed all activities with Nogizaka46 except for her graduation concert. On May 17th and 18th of the same year, her graduation concert was held at Tokyo Dome.
  • AKB48 members Okabe Rin and Oguri Yui attended the concert as viewers alongside former AKB48 members Itano Tomomi and Maeda Atsuko.

Singles Participation

Nogizaka46 A-Sides

Guru Guru Curtain Seifuku no Mannequin Barrette Inochi wa Utsukushii Taiyou Knock Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru (Jyuu Fukujin) Harujion ga Sakukoro (Jyuu Fukujin) Hadashi de Summer (Center) Sayonara no Imi (Jyuuichi Fukujin) Influencer (Jyuuni Fukujin) Nigemizu (Jyuuni Fukujin) Itsuka Dekirukara Kyou Dekiru (WCenter with Nishino Nanase)

Synchronicity (Jyuuyon Fukujin) Jikochuu de Ikou! (Center) Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru (Jyuuyon Fukujin) Sing Out! (Center) Yoakemade Tsuyogaranakutemoii (Jyuuichi Fukujin) Shiawase no Hogosyoku (Jyuuichi Fukujin) Boku wa Boku wo Suki ni Naru (Jyuuni Fukujin) Gomen ne Fingers crossed (Jyuuni Fukujin) Kimi ni Shikarareta (Jyuuni Fukujin) Actually... (Jyuu Fukujin) Suki to Iu no wa Rock daze! (Jyuuichi Fukujin) Koko ni wa Nai Mono (Center)

Nogizaka46 B-Sides

Nogizaka no Uta (Guru Guru Curtain) Aitakatta Kamoshirenai (Guru Guru Curtain) Ushinaitakunai Kara (Guru Guru Curtain) Shiroi Kumo ni Notte (Guru Guru Curtain) Ookami ni Kuchibue wo (Oide Shampoo) Namida ga Mada Kanashimi Datta Koro (Hashire! Bicycle) Kairyuu no Shima yo (Hashire! Bicycle) (Center) Yubi Bouenkyou (Seifuku no Mannequin) Yasashisa Nara Ma ni Atteru (Seifuku no Mannequin) Shakiism (Kimi no Na wa Kibou) 13nichi no Kinyobi (Kimi no Na wa Kibou) Senpuuki (Girl's Rule) (Center) Ningen to Iu Gakki (Girl's Rule) Tsuki no Okisa (Barrette) Sonna Baka na... (Barrette) Toiki no Method (Kidzuitara Kataomoi) Umareta Mama de (Kidzuitara Kataomoi) Koko ni Iru Riyuu (Natsu no Free & Easy) Watashi, Okiru (Nandome no Aozora ka?) Ano Hi Boku wa Tossa ni Uso wo Tsuita (Nandome no Aozora ka?) Arakajime Katarareru Romance (Inochi wa Utsukushii) (WCenter with Hoshino Minami) Hane no Kioku (Taiyou Knock) Seifuku wo Nuide Sayonara wo... (Taiyou Knock) (Duet with Hoshino Minami) Popipapapa (Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru) Kanashimi no Wasurekata (Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru) Harukanaru Bhutan (Harujion ga Sakukoro) Boku Dake no Hikari (Hadashi de Summer) (Center)

Kodoku na Aozora (Sayonara no Imi) Ano Kyoushitsu (Sayonara no Imi) (Duet with Hori Miona) Another Ghost (Influencer) Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai (Nigemizu) Hito Natsu no Nagasa Yori... (Nigemizu) Naitatte Iijanaika? (Nigemizu) Fuminsho (Itsuka Dekirukara Kyou Dekiru) Against (Synchronicity) Chikyuu ga Maruinara (Jikochuu de Ikou!) (Center) Anna ni Sukidatta no ni... (Jikochuu de Ikou!) (Center) Caravan wa Nemuranai (Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru) (Center) Shiritai Koto (Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru) (WCenter with Hoshino Minami) No You na Sonzai (Sing Out!) (Duet with Shiraishi Mai) Boku no Koto, Shitteru? (Yoakemade Tsuyogaranakutemoii) (Center) Romendensha no Machi (Yoakemade Tsuyogaranakutemoii) (Center) Boku no Omoikomi (Yoakemade Tsuyogaranakutemoii) Sayonara Stay With Me (Shiawase no Hogosyoku) Fantastic Sanshokupan (Shiawase no Hogosyoku) (Center) Ashita ga Aru Riyuu (Boku wa Boku wo Suki ni Naru) Wilderness world (Boku wa Boku wo Suki ni Naru) (Center) Zenbu Yume no Mama (Gomen ne Fingers crossed) Dorodarake (Kimi ni Shikarareta) Tanin no Sora ni (Kimi ni Shikarareta) Fukayomi (Actually...) (Center) Suki ni Natte Mita (Actually...) Korekara (Koko ni wa Nai Mono) (Solo)

AKB48 B-Sides

• Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru? (Shoot Sign)
• Kokkyo no Nai Jidai (Jabaja)
• Hitsuzensei (Jiwaru DAYS)

Other Original Songs

• Wakusei Tantra (MONDO GROSSO Song)
• Sekaijuu no Rinjin yo
• Route 246 (Center)
• STRANGER (MONDO GROSSO Song)

Albums Participation

Nogizaka46 Albums

Nazo no Rakugaki (Toumei na Iro) Jiyuu no Kanata (Toumei na Iro) Kikkake (Sorezore no Isu) Taiyou ni Kudokarete (Sorezore no Isu) Threefold choice (Sorezore no Isu) Katai Kara no You ni Dakishimetai (Umaretekara Hajimete Mita Yume) (Solo)

Settei Ondo (Umaretekara Hajimete Mita Yume) Skydiving (Umaretekara Hajimete Mita Yume) Arigachi na Renai (Ima ga Omoide ni Naru Made) (WCenter with Shiraishi Mai) Mosugu ~ Zambi Densetsu ~ (Ima ga Omoide ni Naru Made) Saigo no Tight Hug (Time flies) Hard to say (Time flies)

Units

Concert Units

Nogizaka46 Ikuta Erika Graduation Concert

• Guuzen wo Iiwake ni Shite

Nogizaka46 10th YEAR BIRTHDAY LIVE

• Dekopin

Solo Songs

• Katai Kara no You ni Dakishimetai (Umaretekara Hajimete Mita Yume)
• Korekara (Koko ni wa Nai Mono)

Print Media

Photobooks

• [2017.01.25] Shiosai (潮騒)
• [2023.05.23] Museum (ミュージアム)

Magazine Serializations

• CUTiE (2015) - Exclusive Model
• sweet (2015 - ) - Regular Model
  • Nogizaka46 Saito Asuka's FASHION BUZZ (乃木坂46齋藤飛鳥のFASHION BUZZ) (2015 - )
• Bessatsu Kadokawa Nogizaka46 (別冊カドカワ 総力特集 乃木坂46) (2016 - ) - Newly Drawn Essay (描きおろしエッセイ)
• MEN'S NON-NO (2018 - ) - Nogizaka46 Saito Asuka's Mode and Date (乃木坂46 齋藤飛鳥 モードとデート)

Media Appearances

Stage Plays

• Joshiraku (じょしらく) (2015)
• Asahinagu (あさひなぐ) (2017)

Movies

• Sakuran (さくらん) (2007) - Tomeki
• You Are the Apple of My Eye (あの頃、君を追いかけた) (2018) - Hayase Mai
• Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! (映像研には手を出すな！) (2020) - Asakura Midori

Dramas

• Tokyo Tokkyo Kyoka Kyoku (東京特許許可局) (2014) - Akemi
• Shoujo no Miru Yume (少女のみる夢) (2016) - Hidaka Nanami
• Scary True Stories Summer 2016 (Another Elevator) (ほんとにあった怖い話) (もう1人のエレベーター) (2016)
• Zambi (ザンビ) (2019) - Yamamuro Kaede
• Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! (映像研には手を出すな！) (2020) - Asakusa Midori
• Remote de Korosareru (リモートでころされる) (2020) - Tamura Yumiko

Variety

• PIRAMEKINO (ピラメキーノ) (2010)
• Nogizakatte, Doko? (乃木坂って、どこ?) (2011 - 2015)
• R no Housoku (Rの法則) (2013 - 2016) - Regular
• NOGIBINGO! (2014 - 2019)
• Nogizaka Under Construction (乃木坂工事中) (2015 - )
• Fantazaka Gakuen to Daigashou Keikaku (ファンタ坂学園と大合唱計画) (2019) - MC
• Ninki no Himitsu wo Kosatsu! Urekko-Chan (人気の秘密を考察!売れっ子ちゃん) (2020)
• No to Iwanai! Karen Shokudo (NOと言わない!カレン食堂) (2021)

Other Television

• 7RULES (セブンルール) (2018)
• Jonetsu Tairiku (情熱大陸) (2018)
• Another Sky (アナザースカイ) (2019)
• Oshareism (おしゃれイズム) (2020)

Radio

• POP OF THE WORLD (2016 - 2021) - HARRY'S ENGLISH CLASS

Gallery

Saito Asuka (2018 - Synchronicity)

Saito Asuka (2017 - Influencer)

Saito Asuka (2016 - Hadashi de Summer)

Saito Asuka (2016 - Harujion ga Sakukoro)

Saito Asuka (2015 - Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru)

Saito Asuka (2015 - Taiyou Knock)

Saito Asuka (2015 - Inochi wa Utsukushii)

Saito Asuka (2014 - Nandome no Aozora ka?)

Saito Asuka (2014 - Natsu no Free & Easy)

Saito Asuka (2014 - Kidzuitara Kataomoi)

Saito Asuka (2013 - Barrette)

Saito Asuka (2013 - Girl's Rule)

Saito Asuka (2013 - Kimi no Na wa Kibou)

Saito Asuka (2012 - Seifuku no Mannequin)

Saito Asuka (2012 - Hashire! Bicycle)

Saito Asuka (2012 - Oide Shampoo)

Saito Asuka (2012 - Guru Guru Curtain)

Saito Asuka (2011 - Nogizakatte, Doko?)

Saito Asuka (2011)