Momoka Ariyasu (有安 杏果, Ariyasu Momoka, born March 15, 1995) is a Japanese idol singer. She is known as a member of the all-girl musical group Momoiro Clover Z. Her signature color of Momoiro Clover Z is green.

Biography

Momoka Ariyasu was born in Saitama Prefecture. Already at the age of one, she started acting as a baby magazine model. She was later represented by talent agency Carotte C&T and appeared on television shows and in numerous commercials.

Starting in 2004, Ariyasu regularly appeared on the Fuji TV network's morning children's program Ponkikkids, where she acted as a member of a unit called Sister Rabbits. Around the same time, she joined EXPG, the boy-band Exile's dance and vocal school for kids. The school members performed as child dancers for Exile and also received acting lessons.

On November 1, 2008, Momoka moved from Carotte to the Stardust Promotion talent agency, and on February 2, 2009 was put into the agency's all-girl idol group Power Age. Power Age had been launched in 2005 with members of elementary to high-school age, but it was nearing the end of its existence when she joined. Three months later, in May, the band was disbanded. On July 26, 2009, Ariyasu was added as a sixth member to the idol group Momoiro Clover, which was about to release its first indies single.

On November 9, 2012, Momoka Ariyasu's video comment was projected at Hige Danshaku's live comedy show at Molière Theater in Shinjuku, Tokyo. At the performance Hige Danshaku revealed that he was an avid fan of Ariyasu and had even named his recently born daughter after her Momoka (百夏, a homonym, written with different kanji from those used in Ariyasu's name, but pronounced the same).

On January 1, 2013, it was announced that Momoka Ariyasu would refrain from singing and talking until the end of January. As it was explained, she was receiving treatment for her throat and needed to let her vocal cords rest. On February 7, it was announced that another full month, until the end of February, was needed to complete the treatment and therefore in the upcoming events and broadcasts, Momoka would communicate by means of writing and other members would take turns in performing her solo parts in songs.