Saaya Irie Explained

Saaya Irie
Birth Date:	November 15, 1993
Birth Place:	Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Other Names:	Saaya
Years Active:	2005–present
Children:	1

is a Japanese actress, voice actress, gravure idol and singer. Her stage name is simply her given name, Saaya.

In addition to her modeling work she has recently been appearing in numerous films, radio, and television programs. She has also done voice work, appearing in the anime OVA Kyo no Gononi as Chika Koizumi. She was formerly a member of Japanese musical group Sweet Kiss before it disbanded on May 12, 2006, to be replaced by the group Chase.

Biography

As a model

Irie was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. During her childhood she idolized Yoshika, a fashion model from Kitakyushu, but she gained fame for her professional glamour modeling as a U-15 idol, making her debut at age 11. Her bikini pictures soon received widespread distribution over the Internet.^[1] In October 2015, Saaya released her 12th photobook, and appeared in 44 solo gravure idol DVDs through 2017.

Personal life

After making her debut as a model, she still lived in Fukuoka Prefecture where she attended elementary school and middle school,^[2] but moved to Tokyo when she turned 16. In August 2014, she contracted Dengue fever during the 2014 Dengue fever outbreak.^[3]

On May 20, 2022, she announced on both her Instagram and Twitter accounts that she is married and that she was pregnant with her first child.^[4] On September 30, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl.^[5]

Filmography

TV programs

• Kyuyo Meisai (TV Tokyo)
• Gekito! Idol Yokibou (July 2006)
• Government Crime Investigation Agent Zaizen Jotaro (TV Asahi)
• Hell Girl (2007 live action), Tsugumi Shibata (Nippon TV)^[6]
• Manga-Kissa Toshi-Densetsu Noroi no Manna san (BS-i)
• Kiss×Kiss×Kiss (2010)

Radio programs

• Gekito! Idol Yokibou (Osaka Broadcasting Corporation, released in July 2006)

OVA

• Kyo no Gononi (as Chika Koizumi; produced by avex)
• Note: She only sang for the Sweet Kiss version of the opening and ending songs and did not play Chika in the OVA itself. Mai Kadowaki played Chika. On the special edition of the DVD series there was a special audio track. Saaya and Chase were on the second audio track.

Films

• God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand or Kami no hidarite Akuma no migite (神の左手　悪魔の右手) 2006
• Shibuya Kaidan parts 1 & 1 (渋谷 怪談 THEリアル都市伝説) 2006^[7]
• Kani Goalkeeper (かにゴールキーパー) 2006^[8]
• Carved or Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女) 2007 (all members of Chase in this movie)
• Pussy Soup (The Cat Cook) or Neko Râmen Taishô (猫ラーメン大将) 2008^[9]
• Hard Revenge Milly 2008
• Girl's Box 2008
• Yamagata sukurîm 2009
• Seifuku sabaigâru I 2010
• The Purple Mirror (horror) 2010
• Rock and Roll Diet 2010
• Yomutoshinu: Death Comic Part I and Part II (movie version) 2011
• Marry's Phone (Martial arts and horror) 2011

Web programs

• It's your CHOICE! episode 2

Stage

• (2015), Inahime^[10]

Discography

Chase

• Chase Me! (1st single)

Sweet Kiss

• Baby Love (opening to the anime OVA Kyo no Gononi)
• Yakusoku (ending to the anime OVA Kyo no Gononi)

Sweet Kiss

• Sweet Kiss (May 2005, Elk Heart Promotion)
• Very Sweet Vol.2 (December 2005, Elk Heart Promotion)

Chase

• 激闘!アイドル予備校 紗綾・留奈・梨央 [Battle! Idol Prep-School – Saaya, Runa, Rio] (September 2006, E-Net Frontier)

Notes and References

1. "Monthly Bunshun (Ja:週刊文春)" No.May 19, 2005 (was published on May 11, 2005)
2. Web site: mainichimsn co – Bing. mainichi-msn.co.jp. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070313231308/http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertainment/geinou/200606/graph/25_2/. March 13, 2007.
3. News: Japanese models catch Dengue fever after visiting source of outbreak . September 2, 2014 . Agence France-Presse . The Guardian . September 2, 2014.
4. Web site: 紗綾、交際男性との結婚＆第1子妊娠を報告「沢山の幸せに包まれております」 11歳でグラビアが話題に . 2022-05-21 . ORICON NEWS.
5. Web site: 紗綾 第1子女児出産を報告「楽しくて、面白くて、幸せいっぱいなお産をする事が出来ました」 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能 . 2022-10-01 . スポニチ Sponichi Annex . ja.
6. Web site: Cast & Staff . Nippon Television Network . Japanese . October 31, 2015.
7. Web site: 渋谷怪談 the リアル 都市伝説 . November 21, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061220161853/http://broadband.cplaza.ne.jp/shibuya/ . December 20, 2006 .
8. Web site: 大手と中小の車買取業者の特徴. kani-gk.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061006055737/http://www.kani-gk.com/. October 6, 2006.
9. Web site: 猫ラーメン大将 11月29日（土）よりシネセゾン渋谷ほかにて、限定モーニング＆レイトショー. neko-rahmen.com.
10. Web site: Samurai Warriors/Sengoku Musou Stage Play Leads Unveiled in Costume . April 17, 2015 . Anime News Network . October 31, 2015.