Kuramochi Asuka

Kuramochi Asuka
Kuramochi Asuka (2015)
Name
Kanji	倉持明日香
Kana	くらもち あすか
Romaji	Kuramochi Asuka
Nickname	Mocchi (もっち)
Birth Info
Birthdate	September 11, 1989
Birthplace	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Blood type	A
Current Age	35 Years Old
Sizes
Height	156.5cm
Professional Info
Agency	Watanabe Pro
Social Networks	Ameblo / Twitter
Idol Career Info
Former Group	AKB48
Former Team	Team B
Debuted	May, 2007 / 4th Generation
Graduated	August, 2015

Kuramochi Asuka was a member of AKB48's Team B. She is now affiliated with Watanabe Pro.

Catchphrase

もちもちもっちぃこと倉持明日香です

Mochi mochi mocchi koto Kuramochi Asuka desu.

(Mochi mochi Mocchi, Kuramochi Asuka.)

Trivia

• Favorite AKB48 single: Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou
• Favorite AKB48 stage song: MARIA
• Favorite artist: 19, Gospellers, Crazy Ken Band
• Favorite brand: Auntie Rosa and Shibuya's Marui JAM stores
• Favorite drink: Milk tea
• Favorite food: Chicken wings
• Favorite magazine: WPW, YJ
• Favorite season: Winter
• Favorite TV show: Ametaalk!, Samaazu x Samaazu, Watanabe Atsushi no Tatemono Tanbou, Hayaasa
• Favorite town: Monaco
• Likes: Frogs
• Good friends with: Nito Moeno, Kobayashi Kana, Sato Amina
• Future ambition: Sportscaster
• Former member of French Kiss
• Former member of Culture Club
• Daughter of Kuramochi Akira, a former baseball player
• Being 21 years old at the AKB48 22nd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo "Kotoshi mo Gachi Desu", she ranked #21. And her father's jersey number was #21
• Mocchi is a fan of the Saitama Seibu Lions shortstop player Nakajima Hiroyuki and the pro wrestler Kenta Kobashi
• Has an ear fetish
  • The title of her photobook is "Earlobe" ("Mimitabu")
  • Her B Garden line reads: "Earlobes are my favorite food / And I also like to gnaw on biceps"

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

• 1st Senbatsu Election - #21 (Senbatsu)
• 2nd Senbatsu Election - #23 (Undergirls)
• 3rd Senbatsu Election - #21 (Senbatsu)
• 4th Senbatsu Election - #22 (Undergirls)
• 5th Senbatsu Election - #36 (Next Girls)
• 6th Senbatsu Election - #52 (Future Girls)
• 7th Senbatsu Election - Didn't Participate

AKB48 Janken Tournaments

• 1st Janken Taikai - #10 (Lost to Kojima Haruna)
• 2nd Janken Taikai - Round 1 (Lost to Shimada Haruka)
• 3rd Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Oshima Yuko)
• 4th Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Oba Mina)
• 5th Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Goudo Saki)

Solo Singles

#	Cover	Title	Release date
01		Itsumo Soba ni (いつもそばに)	2013.05.29

Team History

AKB48 Kenkyuusei → Team K → Team A → Team K → Team B → Graduation

Joined AKB48 as a Kenkyuusei on May 26, 2007

Promoted to Team K on March 4, 2008

Transferred to Team A on August 23, 2009 (2009 Team Shuffle)

Transferred to Team K on August 24, 2012 (Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle)

Transferred to Team B on February 24, 2014 (AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri)

Graduated from AKB48 Team B on August 17, 2015 (Announcement: July 19, 2015)

Singles Participation

AKB48 A-Sides

• 10nen Zakura
• Iiwake Maybe
• Chance no Junban
• Everyday, Kachuusha
• Flying Get
• Manatsu no Sounds Good!

AKB48 B-Sides

Sakurairo no Sora no Shita de (10nen Zakura) Kimi no Koto ga Suki dakara (RIVER) Choose me! (Sakura no Shiori) Nusumareta Kuchibiru (Ponytail to Shushu) Majijo Teppen Blues (Ponytail to Shushu) Namida no SeeSaw Game (Heavy Rotation) Yasai Sisters (Heavy Rotation) Nakeru Basho (Beginner) Kurumi to Dialogue (Chance no Junban) Area K (Sakura no Ki ni Narou) Seishun to Kizukanai Mama (Flying Get) Yasai Uranai (Flying Get) Gondola Lift (Kaze wa Fuiteiru) Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai (Ue Kara Mariko) Hitsujikai no Tabi (GIVE ME FIVE!) Gugutasu no Sora (Manatsu no Sounds Good!)

Nante Bohemian (Gingham Check) Scrap & Build (UZA) Eien Yori Tsuzuku You ni (Eien Pressure) Watashitachi no Reason (Eien Pressure) Yuuhi Marie (So long!) How come? (Sayonara Crawl) Kondo Koso Ecstasy (Koi Suru Fortune Cookie) Kaisoku to Doutai Shiryoku (Heart Ereki) Sasameyuki Regret (Heart Ereki) Mosh & Dive (Kimi no Hohoemi wo Yume ni Miru) Kimi no Uso wo Shitteita (Mae Shika Mukanee) Kyou Made no Melody (Labrador Retriever) B Garden (Labrador Retriever) Seikaku ga Warui Onna no Ko (Kokoro no Placard) Utaitai (Kibouteki Refrain) Loneliness Club (Kibouteki Refrain)

French Kiss A-Sides

• Zutto Mae Kara
• If
• Kakkowarui I love you!
• Saisho no Mail
• Romance Privacy
• Omoidasenai Hana

French Kiss B-Sides

• Aru Aki no Hi no Koto (Zutto Mae Kara)
• Temodemo no Namida (Zutto Mae Kara)
• Mae wo Muiteru Kimi (If)
• Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate (If)
• Kimi Nara Daijoubu (Kakkowarui I love you!)
• Sekai no Namida (Kakkowarui I love you!)
• Candle no Shin (Saisho no Mail) (Duet with Kashiwagi Yuki)
• Dragon Fruits no Tabegoro (Saisho no Mail)
• Rainy day (Romance Privacy)
• Bin no Futa (Romance Privacy)
• Biorhythm (Romance Privacy)
• Amanojaku (Omoidasenai Hana)
• 6gatsu 29nichi (Omoidasenai Hana)
• Kokoro no Kagi (Omoidasenai Hana) (Solo)

Albums Participation

AKB48 Albums

• Anata ga Ite Kureta kara (SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban)
• Baby! Baby! Baby! 2010 (Kamikyokutachi)
• Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to (Kamikyokutachi)
• Kaze no Yukue (Koko ni Ita koto)
• Overtake (Koko ni Ita koto)
• Koko ni Ita koto (Koko ni Ita koto)
• Hate (1830m)
• Aozora yo Sabishikunai ka? (1830m)
• JJ ni Karitamono (Tsugi no Ashiato) (WCenter with Takahashi Minami)
• Kyouhansha (Tsugi no Ashiato)
• To go de (Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de tobe!)
• Ikitsuzukeru (Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de tobe!)

Units

French Kiss

Singles

• Zutto Mae Kara
• If
• Kakkowarui I love you!
• Saisho no Mail
• Romance Privacy
• Omoidasenai Hana

Albums

• French Kiss

Team Z

• Koi no Owara

Stage Units

K4 (Saishuu Bell ga Naru)

Gomen ne Jewel

H1 (Boku no Taiyou)

Himawari (2nd Unit)

H2 (Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai)

Kioku no Dilemma (2nd Unit)

K5 (Saka Agari)

Dakishimeraretara

A6 (Mokugekisha)

Ude wo Kunde

Team K Waiting Stage

Arashi no Yoru ni wa

Yuuwaku no Garter (New Units)

K4 (Saishuu Bell ga Naru)

19nin Shimai no Uta (Revival)

B3 (Pajama Drive)

Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc (Revival)

Concert Units

Live DVD wa Derudaroukedo, Yappari Iki ni Kagiruze! AKB48 Natsu Matsuri

• Gomen ne Jewel

AKB48 Masaka, Kono Concert no Ongen wa Ryuushutsushinai yo ne?

• Glass no I LOVE YOU

Nenwasure Kanshasai Shuffle Sumaze, AKB! SKE mo Yoroshiku ne

• Senaka Kara Dakishimete

"Kami Kouen Yotei" AKB48 NHK Hall Concert 2009

• Ame no Doubutsuen

Yokohama Arena 2010 'AKB48 Manseki Matsuri Kibou Sanpi Ryouron'

• Heart Gata Virus
• Senaka Kara Dakishimete
• Haru ga Kuru Made

Surprise wa Arimasen

• Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2011

• Kinjirareta Futari

Gyomu Renraku. Tanomuzo, Katayama Bucho! in Saitama Super Arena

• Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc

Washington D.C. Concert

• Kioku no Dilemma

AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~

• Blue rose

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2012

• Oogoe Diamond

AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Mada mada, Yaranakya Ikenai koto ga aru~

Tokyo Dome

• Blue rose

AKB48 8th Anniversary

• Namida no Shounan

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2013

• Mushi no Ballad

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014

• Namida ni Shizumu Taiyou
• Dakishimeraretara

Unit Matsuri 2014

• Itsumo Soba ni
• JJ ni Karitamono

AKB48 National Olympic Stadium Concert

• Confession

AKB48 Zenkoku Tour 2014

Shiga

• Iiwake Maybe (Acapella)
• Boku no Sakura

Kumamoto

• Dakishimeraretara

Kagoshima

• Nakeru Basho
• If
• Boku no Sakura

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2014

• Escape

AKB48 x JKT48 Concert "Bergandengan Tangan Bersama Kakak"

• Blue rose

AKB48 Manatsu no Tandoku Concert in SSA 〜Kawaei-san no Koto ga Suki Deshita〜

• Scandalous ni Ikou
• Sakura no Ki ni Narou

Team K 2nd Generation 10th Anniversary Celebration Special Performance

• Dakishimeraretara

Solo Songs

• Kokoro no Kagi (Omoidasenai Hana)

Photobooks

• [2013.11.09] Mimitabu (耳たぶ)

Media Appearances

Stage Plays

• DUMP SHOW! (2011)

Dramas

• Majisuka Gakuen (マジスカ学園) (2010)
• Majisuka Gakuen 2 (マジスカ学園2) (2011)

Variety Shows

• AKB 0ji 59fun!
• AKBINGO!
• Shukan AKB
• AKB48 no Anta, Dare?
• HaKaTa Hyakkaten
• AKB48 Nemousu Terebi (Season 3/6)

Gallery

Kuramochi Asuka after her graduation

Kuramochi Asuka (2014)

Kuramochi Asuka (2013)

Kuramochi Asuka (2012)

Kuramochi Asuka (2011)

Kuramochi Asuka (Late 2010)

Kuramochi Asuka (Early 2010)

Kuramochi Asuka (Late 2009)

Kuramochi Asuka (Early 2009)

Kuramochi Asuka (2008)

Kuramochi Asuka (Late 2007)

Kuramochi Asuka (Early 2007)