Ayaka Otsu

Ayaka Otsu (大津 綾香, Ōtsu Ayaka, born 18 November 1992) is a Japanese former child actress, architectural designer,[1] and politician who is the disputed de jure leader of Seijika Joshi 48 Party. During her active years as a child actress, Otsu was an agent of Five☆Eight [ja].

The native form of this personal name is Otsu Ayaka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ayaka Otsu
大津 綾香
Leader of Seijika Joshi 48 Party (de jure)
In office
8 March 2023 – 7 April 2023 (de facto)
(Disputed with Takashi Tachibana since 7 April 2023)
DeputyHodaka Maruyama
Preceded byTakashi Tachibana
Succeeded byTakashi Tachibana (de facto)
Personal details
Born (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Political partySeijika Joshi
Alma materNihon University
OccupationPolitician
architectural designer
former child actress

Early life

Otsu was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa.[2] 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".[3] Otsu retired from the entertainment industry when she was in Junior high school. Since then, she moved to the United States[4] before moving back to Japan to study Architecture at Nihon University College of Art, but dropped out.[1] After leaving College, Otsu worked at an Architectural firm as an Architectural designer.[5]

Political career

In January 2023, Otsu saw a candidate application advertisement on YouTube for Seijika Joshi 48 Party (then-named NHK party), which was founded by Takashi Tachibana. Otsu decided to apply.[4] On January 13, 2023, NHK party held a press conference announcing their 36 candidates for the 2023 Japanese local elections. In the press conference, it was announced that Otsu will be the party's candidate for the Meguro City Assembly.[6]

On March 8, 2023, NHK party leader Takashi Tachibana announced his resignation after party member GaaSyy (Yoshikazu Higashitani), a member of the House of Councillors was expelled for not attending any sessions of Parliament. Tachibana changed the name of the NHK Party to "Seijika Joshi 48 Party" and announced that Otsu would be appointed as the successor leader of the party.[7]

On March 12, 2012, Otsu dropped out of the Meguro City Assembly election, and filed her candidacy for the Kanagawa gubernatorial election, which would take place on April 9. Seijika Joshi's candidate for the election was Kina Ichikawa, but decided to drop out in favour of Otsu.[8][9]

Otsu was defeated in the Kanagawa gubernatorial election on April 9, placing 3rd out of 4 candidates.[10] On the following day, April 10, Otsu announced her intention to run for the Meguro Ward election for the second time, which was scheduled for April 26,[11] but was defeated, placing 48th out of 57 candidates.[12][13]

Seijika Joshi leadership dispute

On April 7, 2023, former party leader Tachibana announced that Otsu had been dismissed from the party leader position on March 29,[14] and that she had been expelled from the party on April 6.[14] Otsu posted on her Twitter, account "I haven't resigned as the leader of Seijika Joshi, I don't approve the announcement",[15] fueling the leadership dispute between the two that lasts to this day.

As of June 2023, Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has not recognized the change of Seijika Joshi's leadership.[16] Despite this, most of the party defected and switched allegiance to Tachibana, resulting in a deadlock where Otsu is the de jure leader while Tachibana is the de facto leader.[17]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Home Sweet Home N/A N/A
2001 Waterboys Girl in the Aquarium 2001 Comedy Film.
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Virtual Girl N/A 2000 TV series, Episode 1, NTV.
Food Fight Yuki Kurahashi 2000 TV series, NTV.
Scary Sunday ~2000~ Kaori 2000 TV series, Episode 3, NTV.
Mirai Sentai Timeranger N/A 2000 TV series, TV Asahi
Worst date ever N/A 2000 TV series, Episode 14, NTV.
2001 Little girl Anna Makoto Otsuki as a child 2001 TV series, Fuji TV.
2004 Scary stories that actually happened N/A 2005 TV series, Fuji TV.
2002–2005 Weekly Children's News Akira Ikegami's daughter 1994–2010 Children's Television newscast, NHK
2003 Strange stories of the world: Autumn special edition N/A 2004 TV series, Fuji TV.
2003 Hi-vision Special: Records of the Edo era N/A 2003 TV series, NHK BS Premium subscribers exclusive.

References
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  2. "「活動の宣伝のため」出馬表明 政治家女子48党首、神奈川知事選に：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  3. N/A, N/A (8 March 2023). "「政治家女子４８党」大津綾香氏に〝父親役〟池上彰氏が忠告「話題づくりに利用されるな」". Tokyo Sports.
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  6. "池上彰氏の〝娘〟が目黒区議選に出馬 政治家女子４８党公認 元ＨＫＴ山本茉央、セクシー女優も｜よろず〜ニュース". よろず〜ニュース (in Japanese). 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
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  12. "政治家女子48党の大津氏が落選 東京・目黒区議選、子役出演の経験：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi. 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
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  14. "旧Ｎ党、突然代表解任で抗争 ＬＩＮＥ暴露の大津綾香党首を交代と 大津氏は抵抗姿勢 立花氏「証拠動画」提示/デイリースポーツ online". デイリースポーツ online (in Japanese). 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  15. @ayaka_otsu (2023-04-06). "記者会見でも言った通り、承認していないので私は政治家女子党首を辞めていません。お金の流れを把握する必要があると主張したこと自体がここまで抵抗を受けることにびっくりです。" [I haven't resigned as the leader of Seijika Joshi, I don't approve the announcement] (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-06-19 – via Twitter.
  16. "【1ページ目】斉藤健一郎氏への代表変更届を法務局が拒否「大津綾香氏のサインがない」【政女党お家騒動】". 東スポWEB (in Japanese). 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  17. "党役員". NHKをぶっ壊す！ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-19.
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