Akimoto biography

Japanese actress and singer (born )

Sayaka Akimoto (秋元 才加, Akimoto Sayaka, born July 26, ) is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of Japanese idolgirl groupAKB48 and its spin-off unit Diva.

As an actress, Akimoto has appeared in both Japanese and American productions, and made her Hollywood debut in Sniper: Assassin's End (). She also provides the Japanese dub for Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Career

Family and early career

Akimoto was born to a Japanese father and a Filipino mother. In , she ran the Tokyo Marathon for the second year in a row and donated the money to the Philippines.^[4] Her solo book of photographs is entitled Ari no Mama.^[5] On June 26, , Akimoto was appointed as the Goodwill Philippine Tourism Ambassador to promote the Philippines as a tourist destination in Japan.^[6] She was also assigned as a narrator in the collaboration drama of PTV-4 and Nippon TV entitled "Halo Halo Ho