Ayaka Otsu
Japanese child actress
Ayaka Otsu (大津 綾香, Ōtsu Ayaka; born 18 November 1992) is a Japanese politician and former child actress who is the disputed de jure leader of The Collaborative Party. She was an agent of Five Eight Ltd. during her active years as a child actress.
Early life
Otsu was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. She grew up in Yokosuka and Zushi until she was in high school. In her childhood years, Otsu was a child actress. For three years from 2002 to 2005, Otsu appeared as Akira Ikegami's daughter in NHK's "Weekly Children's News". Otsu retired from the entertainment industry when she was in junior high school. Since then, she moved to the United States before moving back to Japan to study architecture at Nihon University College of Art, but dropped out. After leaving college, Otsu worked at an architectural firm as an architectural designer.
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