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SAYAKA

Nagatomo Sayaka (長友さやか), better known by her stage name SAYAKA, is a Japanese performer, designer and business woman. She is a member of SG5 and a former member of Happiness and E-girls.

Besides her activities in the entertainment industry, she is the founder and creative director of the apparel brand sirius+ 81..

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Nagatomo Sayaka was born on September 20, 1995 in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

In her childhood, she started attending EXPG Miyazaki.

At the age of nine, she started appearing at EXILE's events, in their music videos and on tour as a back dancer. Through these experiences she realized her passion for performing and being on stage, leading her to aspire to become a professional artist.[1]

2008[]

On August 10, she won the special award at the LDH DREAM GIRLS AUDITION 2008.[2]

In October, it was decided that she would become a member of the unit Happiness among other EXPG students, and her official stage name became "SAYAKA".

2011[]

On February 9, she made major debut with Happiness with their single "Kiss Me".

On April 24, she was announced as member of E-girls, having a concurrent position between the group and Happiness.

2018[]

In December, she collaborated with the fashion brand MURUA for the release of several apparel items.[3][4]

2019[]

In November, she collaborated with MURUA for a second time.[5][6]

2020[]

In August she collaborated with LDH apparel's brand 24KARATS for the release of several items.[7]

In September, she participated in the "Fall Campaign 2020" by the fashion brand LEGENDA and released an original photo book in collaboration with the brand.[8][9]

On December 31, she left E-girls with the group's disbandment.

2021[]

In July she collaborated with 24KARATS for a second time. In the same year, she acquired qualifications in fashion design and color.[10]

2022[]

Sirius+81

sirius+81. logo

In January, she became the founder and creative director of the apparel brand sirius+ 81. which is focused on clothing for people smaller than average.[10] The brand name comes from the name of the brightest shining star, "sirius", and the country code for Japan, "+81", for international calls. "The star is small but shines brightly when you look at it from the ground, so I put that into the name so that people of short stature will be able to shine. The "+81" represents my wish to expand overseas, starting from Japan." Explaining her involvement in the brand, she revealed that she had problems in the past in terms of sizing of her clothes due to her short stature: "I myself am petite at 153 cm tall, so I'm usually careful about my size and balance. I thought that there might be people who have the same problem.", "People often think that tall people are 'cool' and small people are 'cute', but I don't wear cute fashion, so I want to express a cool woman in my fashion."[11][12][13]

On May 21, it was announced that SAYAKA would participate in a new project based overseas together with Happiness members Kaede, MIYUU and Kawamoto Ruri and iScream member RUI, while staying as a member of her original group at the same time.[14] The unit had been teased before during the CL program Happiness×iScream "Joshi-kai" on May 18.

2023[]

On January 25, SAYAKA announced that she would suspend the production of the brand sirius+81. for a while, effective February 28, 2023. As for a reasoning, she revealed that it had become difficult to put more than 100% of her efforts into multiple things at the same time since her overseas activities increased.[15]

On September 26, she left Happiness with the group's disbandment.

Works[]

Music[]

Publications[]

Photobooks
  1. [2020.09.19] LEGENDA 2020 Fall Collection

Trivia[]

  • Happiness member characteristics:
    • Color (unofficial): Green
  • SG5 member characteristics:
    • Planet: Mercury
    • Color: Blue
    • Emoji: 🌊
  • Fellow Happiness and E-girls' members regard her as the dance leader.
  • The smallest member of SG5.
  • According to herself, she is hard-headed and stoic. For example, she likes to plan everything she needs to do before she gets started and tends to follow her own opinions. Additionally, it would be hard for her to be flexible in her thinking.[1]
  • Has loved clothes since she was little and was interested in working in the fashion industry. However, she had given up on the idea of being involved in fashion as long as she was working as an artist. When she collaborated with the brand MURUA in 2018, one of her co-workers suggested that she should start her own brand and she decided to take it seriously.[10]
  • Would like to be a "size S model", providing styling that petite people can use as a reference.[10]
  • Usually only wears black clothes.[16]
  • Loves sunglasses, especially black-rimmed glasses.[16]
  • Loves cats and dogs but is allergic to them both.[16]
  • Her favorite food is Jingisukan (a Japanese grilled lamb dish) and she loves finding new restaurants that make this dish all around the world.[16] She also loves steak.[17]
  • Her hobbies are watching YouTube videos and Netflix, making freshly ground coffee every morning, shopping for perfume and collecting vintage Chanel bags.[16][18] She also loves shopping at secondhand stores.[1]
    • Her hobby of collecting vintage Chanel bags started after her parents gifted her one, and she is trying to build up a collection to pass onto her children and grandchildren someday.[16]
  • Her favorite movie is The Devil Wears Prada.[1]
  • A big eater.[16][17]
  • When she turned 20 years old, she went to New York, USA on her first trip alone even though she couldn't speak English at all.[1]
  • Has been friends with YURINO for a very long time and both attended EXPG Miyazaki.
  • EXILE members Matsumoto Toshio and AKIRA praised her for being a great dancer who 'sparkles'.

Honorary Titles[]

Honorary titles
Preceded by
First
Oldest Member of Happiness
October 2008 - September 2023
Succeeded by
Last
Preceded by
First
Oldest Member of SG5
May 2022 –
Succeeded by
Incumbent

References[]

External Links[]

sirius+ 81.

Template:SG5

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