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Ayako Imoto

Ayako Imoto (井本 絢子, Imoto Ayako, born 12 January 1986 in Tottori Prefecture) is a Japanese comedian, TV personality and actress.

Ayako Imoto
井本 絢子
Born (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 (age 38)
Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • television personality
  • actress
Years active2006―present
Spouse
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(m. 2019)​
Children1
Notes
Same year/generation as:
Chocolate Planet

Biography

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Ayako Imoto was born on 12 January 1986, in the town of Kishimoto (now part of, Hōki City), Tottori Prefecture. Imoto's family consists of her father who was a civil servant and her mother a nursery teacher.[1] She has one younger sister.

Career

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Imoto graduated from the third class of the Watanabe Comedy School (run by Watanabe Entertainment).[2] During her 3rd year, she began working in entertainment as part of the comedy duo Tokyo Horumon Musume with fellow entertainer Barbie.[3] She began appearing on the television variety program, Sekai no hatemade itteQ, in 2007,[2] mainly as a reporter traveling to exotic locales and confronting the wildlife, earning her the nickname "rare beast hunter" (珍獣ハンター, chinjū hantā).[4] For her television appearances, she usually wears a sailor suit school uniform with thick painted eyebrows.[5]

Attempt to climb Mount Everest

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When Imoto reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2009 as part of the show Sekai no hatemade itteQ, she said that she wanted to climb Mount Everest someday.[6] After she descended Manaslu in October 2013, she decided to climb Everest after Mr. Ishizaki, the director of the TV program who also reached the summit of Manaslu, said that if she did not, he would climb Mount Everest without her.[7] Some mountaineering professionals opposed the project because it would make people think it was easy to climb, even though she would be employing a lot of professionals as helpers.[8] She practiced hard in order to climb Mount Everest, but when she reached the Mount Everest base camp, thirteen Sherpas employed by another mountaineering party in Nepal died because of a major avalanche on April 18, 2014. Her Sherpas gave up the climb and Imoto abandoned the attempt. In a poll of the audience, about 44.5% wanted her to try again, but about 44.1% answered “No”. Nippon TV is considering their options.[9]

Personal life

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Among celebrities in the industry, she is good friends with actress Keiko Kitagawa, with whom she co-starred in the television drama Your Home Is My Business!,[10] fellow comedians Yuya Tegoshi, Ryoko Nakamura,[11][12] and actress Yuko Takeuchi.[13]

Marriage

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In November 24, 2019, Imoto announced her marriage on the live broadcast of Itte Q! to the studio director, Shiro Ishizaki.[14] On August 15, 2021, she announced that she was expecting their first child, she later gave birth to a son in January 2, 2022.[15]

References

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  1. ^ 『イッテQ』イモトアヤコの成功の鍵はビーチランニング？. Josei Seven. March 2, 2017. p. 36 - 37.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ a b "Imoto Ayako intabyū". Terebi Dogatchi (in Japanese). Presentcast. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Who is Ayako Imoto? - Kuma Language Services". 2016-04-08. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  4. ^ “珍獣ハンター”イモトアヤコが狙うのは“ドアラ”! 名古屋で対決 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  5. ^ 何はなくともビニールシート！ －イモトアヤコ流「海外サバイバルのオキテ」. President Online (in Japanese). 16 July 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  6. ^ <Imoto Ayako> Kotoshi no Eberesuto tōchō o dannen (Imoto Ayako, gave up climbing Mount Everest this year). (2014, April 28). Yahoo! News. Retrieved:"＜イモトアヤコ＞今年のエベレスト登頂を断念 （まんたんウェブ） - Yahoo!ニュース". Archived from the original on 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2014-12-04. [May 25, 2014]
  7. ^ Imoto Iyoiyo 「Eberesuto chōsen」 Himaraya・Manasuru tōchō seikō no tsugi wa (Imoto succeeds in reaching the summit of Manaslu in the Himalayas. Next, she will “try to climb Mount Everest”). (2013, November 11). J Cast News. Retrieved:http://www.j-cast.com/2013/11/11188601.html [July 15, 2014].
  8. ^ Sato, Y. (2013, November 17). Eberesuto wa Muri!? 「Itte Q!」 Imoto Ayako no Tōzan Kikaku ni Sanpi (Imoto may not be able to climb Mount Everest. Some opposition to the project). Livedoor NEWS. Retrieved:http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/8260067/ [July 15, 2014].
  9. ^ Imoto Ayako no Eberesto tōchō dannen mondai saichōsen shite hoshii? (Imoto Ayako gave up climbing Mount Everest. Do you want her to try again?). (2014, May 9). The Real Live Web. Retrieved:http://npn.co.jp/article/detail/50435854/ [May 25, 2014].
  10. ^ "イモトアヤコ、北川景子の誕生日をフライング祝福 ファンから「仲良し二人」「笑顔が素敵」の声". クランクイン！- エンタメの「今」がわかる　映画＆エンタメニュースサイト (in Japanese). 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  11. ^ "イモトアヤコが2人？後輩芸人との2ショットが「そっくりすぎ」と話題 - モデルプレス". Modelpress (in Japanese). 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  12. ^ "お笑いタレント中村涼子が結婚 イモトアヤコ番組で報告 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  13. ^ "イモト「正直、正直…」 親友・竹内結子さんへのあふれる思い明かす - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  14. ^ "イモト、8歳年上の『イッテQ』石崎Dと結婚「世界の果てにて戦ってきた」【コメント全文】" [Imoto marries Itte Q! director Ishizaki, who is eight years older than her: "I've fought to the ends of the earth" [Full comment]]. Oricon. 2019-11-24. Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  15. ^ "イモトアヤコ「イッテQ！新春SP」で第1子男児出産を発表 インスタでも「大切に大切に育んでいきたい」 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能" [Ayako Imoto announces the birth of her first child, a boy, on Itte Q! New Year Special and also posted on Instagram, "I want to raise him with great care"]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
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