[Japanese Supermodel] Ayaka Sayama

Ayaka Sayama is a Japanese supermodel. She was born on May 17, 1993 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is one of those supermodels that have a really cute face and she is just so adorable! She has been in the entertainment industry beginning in 2009. 

However, it has not been until 2012 that she has tried her talents in movies and dramas. As of this writing, Ayaka has starred in one TV movie called “GTO Aki mo Oni Abare Supesharu!” She has also starred in the famous cartoon series called “GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.” Also, her other TV drama appearance is in “Sugarless.” 

Ayaka Sayama stands at 157 centimeters tall and has the type A blood type. Ayaka has had the great fortune and luck of doing photo shoots for Young Magazine in September 2009 and doing a photo shoot as well for the famous Sabra magazine on December 25, 2009. It is quite an accomplishment when you can say that you were able to do something like this on Christmas Day. 

Ayaka Sayama has also released three photo books. They are “AYA” released in 2009, “Vanilla Peach Whip” released in June 2010, and “Candy Girl” released in November 2010. 

She has also released several DVDs. The very first one called “Pure Smile” has turned out to be one of her most important releases. Her other DVD releases include “Parasol”, “100% Freshly Squeezed kyu and raw Gokkun the Kaori Aya”, “Angel Devil”, “Aya Color”, “17 Teen Sweetheart Miracle ~ Sadness”. This one in particular was released in March 2011 when she was still 17 years old. So that title makes perfect sense. 

In 2011, she followed up that release with “Doki Girl” and her latest DVD called “Aya Chu.” When she is not busy doing photo shoots and other work related things, Ayaka enjoys listening to music as a hobby.

Miscellaneous TV Appearances by Ayaka

· Full Speed Slope (2010)

· God-Tongue (2010)

· Kingdom of Ranking (2010)

[Cosplayer Profile] Interview with Cosplayer Ashley Rogge

We had the pleasure to exchange a few words with Ashley Rogge, an up-and-comer in the popular world of cosplay. Although new to the scene, she already has a number of costumes under her belt including a gender-bent Ghost from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Viola from Saints Row: The Third, and the extremely popular Gamer Zombie!

[UMDR] What made you want to be a part of the cosplay phenomenon in the first place?

Ghost

[Ashley] Last year was my first time going to a convention at all. A friend had invited me to go to PAX East 2012 with him and there was no way I could pass it up. He knew my favorite character from Call of Duty was Ghost and he had bought me a skull mask just like his from the game. At PAX, my friend let me wear army gear he bought for his Ghost cosplay and I walked around as a gender-bend version of him.

I got stopped for pictures a lot! I stood in the lobby with my arms crossed without moving, except my head, for hours. People would come up and ask for pictures and say how badass I looked. I even had one of the side vendors give me a whole bag of little pins as well as a sketch of me standing there.

It was honestly the most fun thing I’ve done. I was never one to be photogenic, but I think that day in the lobby and pretending to be someone else is what sparked my interest.