Iriyama Akiko(入山アキ子)

Iriyama Akiko(入山アキ子) was the vice president of the student council while she was in high school. He was also the manager of the theater department was a member of the broadcasting club. In the recitation category of the NHK Announcers' Contest, she represented the Yamaguchi Prefecture for two years in a row.

She graduated from the National Defense Medical College(防衛医科大学校 Bōei Ika Daigakukō) Nursing School and worked at a hospital in Saitama as a nurse.

In 1997 and 2000, she won the karaoke tournament "The Entire Country's Song's Koshien(全国歌の甲子園 Zenkoku Utano Kōshien)." In 2001, she won the "The Best in Karaoke(カラオケ一番 Karaoke Ichiban)" held on Television Saitama Co., Ltd.(テレビ埼玉 Terebi Saitama). That year, she started studying under composer Suzuki Jun(鈴木淳).

In 2004, she made her debut from King Record with the single "Lesser Cuckoo(不如帰 Hototogisu)."

In 2009, Wakkani in Hokkaido appointed her the town's hometown ambassador. In 2010, Mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture appointed her the town's hometown relations ambassador. In 2014, Yamaguchi City appointed her the town's hometown ambassador.

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