is a Japanese fashion model, disc jockey, and businesswoman."Profile of Sayaka Araki", Oricon Celebrity Dictionary "Sayaka Araki", Oricon Celebrity Dictionary She is best known for her stint as a model for the cabaret-gyaru fashion magazine Koakuma Ageha ."Popular model encounters a robbery beyond the ocean", 20 January 2012, Model Press
She was a major contributor to Koakuma Ageha for 4 years and 10 months, since the magazine's very early days. She left Koakuma Ageha in 2011, and has since become a main model for its sister magazine Ane Ageha."'Koakuma Ageha' model announces her graduation, appearing semi-nude", 1 February 2011, Model Press
Career Araki was born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan."Singing Queen : DJ Alucky (Sayaka Araki)", 31 March 2009, Josei Jishin She lived in Kyoto until she moved to Tokyo to learn makeup art and nail art. She graduated from technical schools specialized in these arts, but entered nightwork at the age of 19 when she began working at a hostess bar."Businesswoman Interview : Model / Address brand producer / GRS president, Miss Sayaka Araki", 3 September 2008, Whenever Online
Koakuma Ageha She began fashion modeling at the age of 21"Sayaka Araki : The Female President with Two Faces", 10 September 2008, Whenever Shanghai, Searchina after being approached to model by Koakuma Ageha'''s editorial board in 2005 when she was a hostess at a Kabukicho hostess bar."History of Sayaka Araki", Oricon Celebrity Dictionary Araki moved to Roppongi in 2006 and began working at Roppongi hostess bar R, under her new genji name "Riona Aihara"."'Koakuma Ageha' charismatic model Sayaka Araki debuts as a DJ", 19 March 2009, Livedoor News She had since worked for R by 2008 when she retired from the nightwork. Her "graduation from the night" was featured in Koakuma Ageha for the November 2008 issue."Analyzing 'Koakuma Ageha' and 'Mori Girl' as Lifestyles", 20 February 2010, by Hideaki Matsunaga
Outside Koakuma Ageha Araki started a professional career as a disc jockey under the stage name , releasing a CD in 2009 when she also launched her own fashion brand "GRS". She began performing at various night clubs all over Japan, and even made a collaboration with Tetsuya Komuro, at Avex's 2009 house music event House Nation Fiesta where the attendees included May J., Tomoyuki Tanaka, Yasutaka Nakata, Ami Suzuki, Shanadoo, Maynard Plant, among others."DJ Alucky meets Tetsuya Komuro", 3 November 2009, Model Press
She then established her own commercial building, "Girl's Factory Dot", in 2009 in Shibuya."'Pants are Rilakkuma, personal life is plain', real face of Age-girl revealed, the opening-event for 'Dot' by Sayaka Araki", 1 November 2009, Barks "Girl's Factory Dot" launched as a 3-story building, where all the floors were dedicated to her own fashion brand GRS."24-year-old female president Sayaka Araki's real face is revealed by fellow model, 'hangover'..." , 1 November 2009, NTV News 24 She also released her first book, a photo-essay book , in 2009."DJ Alucky releases her second album", 6 January 2010, Model Press
Araki left Koakuma Ageha with her last appearance in the March 2011 issue, moving to its sister magazine Ane Ageha."'Koakuma Ageha' model announces her graduation, appearing semi-nude", 1 February 2011, Livedoor News, Model Press
Nightwork
Araki engaged in nightwork for about 4 years from the age of 19 through to 23.Koakuma Ageha October 2010 Issue : " Legends of the Night Hall of Fame in Kabukicho and Roppongi!!!! : Legend of Sayaka Araki" , 10 October 2010, Inforest
Her first workplace was a hostess bar in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, where she got the genji name of . At that time, the city was at the twilight of an era of "loan shark bubble". She rose to one of the highest-ranked hostesses within 2 or 3 months, and finally to the second-ranked one, at the bar where most customers were "overly-rich guys" involving in the illegal business. She began appearing in the Koakuma Ageha magazine at this time.
Araki left the bar and after spending about six months outside the nightwork, she returned to Shinkuku at the age of 20 to work at another Kabukicho hostess bar, where she got the genji name of . She rose to the top hostess at the bar and worked for the bar until she moved to Roppongi to work at R, a newly opened Roppongi hostess bar where she was hired as the "face". She had since worked at the Roppongi bar for two years.
Araki retired from the nightwork at the age of 23. Koakuma Ageha featured her retirement from the nightwork with its special editorial titled .
Notable appearances
MagazinesAne AgehaKoakuma Ageha, Oneh-san ni Natta!!! Koakuma Ageha×Happie Nuts×I Love Mama,
Music videos "Eternal", "Ageha models Shizuka Mutoh & Sayaka Araki appear in the music video of Jemstone's new song", 8 April 2009, Barks "Tasuki", "7 popular models reveal their past romantic anecdotes", 15 September 2011, Model Press
Others Video game: Yakuza 3, "'Yakuza 3' by Sega, with that 'legendary booking bonus'", 28 November 2008, Mynavi News Runway: Shibuya Girls Collection '09 S/S"Shibuya Girls Collection '09 S/S | Models | Sayaka Araki", 2009, Shibuya Girls Collection Record jacket: "Koakuma Heaven", "Gackt dresses as a woman for fun, 'I'm broken too!", 14 March 2009, Oricon Style Event: Sea Rize Rock 09×Nadesicollection09, "Numerous popular models appear in the largest music event of the West Japan", 8 December 2009, Model Press Website: "Model Closet", "With 20 top gyaru models from over 10 magazines! Mobilephone website that makes a new trend, 'Model Closet', opens!" , 9 February 2010, Mynavi News
Discography , , "Sayaka Araki has her first try at singing, with a naki-kyun love song", 28 January 2010, Model Press
References
External links "Sayaka Araki Official Website", official website "Sayaka Araki Official Blog 'A Lucky'", official blog powered by Ameba Blog''