Ayako Suzukawa
Ayako Suzukawa | |
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![]() Suzukawa at the 22nd Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad festival, 2023 | |
Personal information | |
Born | |
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | |
Occupation | YouTuber |
YouTube information | |
Channel | |
Years active | 2010 - present day |
Genre | Railways |
Subscribers | 1.07M[1] (25 March 2024) |
Total views | 1,854,896,370[1] (25 March 2024) |
Contents are in | Japanese |
Ayako Suzukawa (born 25 March 1991 in Yatsu, Narashino[2]) is a YouTuber and comedian primarily known for her interest in railways.[3] Suzukawa has been described as something of a densha otaku extraordinaire, combining various factes of railway enthusiasm in posts on her various social media platforms.[4]
Biography
[edit]Suzukawa first started streaming videos on the Nico Nico Douga video sharing service as a university student.[5] She then began her professional career as part of the K2 comedy duo.[6] In 2013 Suzukawa started a YouTube channel in which she recorded herself dancing to the song Koi Suru Fortune Cookie by AKB48 at all of the Keikyu railway stations.[7] In March 2015 Suzukawa announced that K2 had disbanded due to professional differences, and she would continue her career as a solo comedian.[8]
On the occasion of the 10 anniversary of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Suzukawa produced a video in which she took the Jōban Line to the Hamadōri region to report on the lives of people who the 2011 earthquake had effected.[9]
Suzukawa has made various television appearances, including as a guest on the TV Asahi comedy show Ametalk![10]
Personal life
[edit]Suzukawa is a self described densha otaku. Her favourite train model is the N1000 series electric multiple unit that runs on the Keikyū Main Line. She is a fan of Karuta and, as a student, was ranked amongst the top 5 table tennis players in Japan.[11] Suzukawa has two children who are named after the Hitachi and Tokiwa trains.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About SuzukawaAyako". YouTube.
- ^ "
鈴川 絢子 ". yoshimoto.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2024. - ^ Tuerke, Thomas M. (27 April 2017). "For Real..." thomas.tuerke.net. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ Matsuki, Megumi (5 June 2014). "$2.34!? Cheapest bullet-train ride in Japan lasts 3 minutes, but memories are forever". Sora News 24. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ Watanabe, Maiko (31 July 2020). "
仕事 、それは息子 たちとのかけがえのない日常 を残 すこと ママYouTuber鈴川 絢子 ". asahi.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2024. - ^ Suzukawa, Ayako (25 March 2015). "F2について" (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "お
笑 いコンビF2鈴川 絢子 さんに、京急 からPR感謝 状 を贈呈 " (PDF). keikyu.co.jp (in Japanese). Keikyu Group. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2024. - ^ Suzukawa, Ayako (25 March 2015). "F2について" (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Ten Years Later: Tohoku Today and in the Future". reconstruction.go.jp. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ Tsukishima, Wataru (26 January 2017). "
初 開催 !今夜 の『アメトーーク!』は鉄道 芸人 !鉄道 貴重 映像 も紹介 ". rbbtoday.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2024. - ^ "
担当 乗務 員 ・鈴川 に清 き一票 を!". yahoo.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 August 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2024. - ^ Watanabe, Maiko (31 July 2020). "
仕事 、それは息子 たちとのかけがえのない日常 を残 すこと ママYouTuber鈴川 絢子 ". asahi.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2024.