is a Japanese idol, singer, and model. She was represented by

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from 2004 to 2015, and has been a member of three musical groups formed by the company:

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, and its first sub-unit

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Biography

Mutō was born in a hospital in

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, Tokyo, on April 29, 1996. Her father, Yoshinori Mutō is a horse trainer, and her younger brother Miyabi Mutō is a horse jockey. Joining the talent agency

in 2004, Mutō began her career as a child model for the magazine ''Kids Style''. In 2008, she joined the idol group

alongside

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and Yuika Shima. The trio was active for one year. In 2010, Mutō and Nakamoto joined idol group

, as one of the founding members, and as the Student Council President in the school theme of the group. Later that year, Mutō joined the group's first sub-unit Twinklestars, which acts as a school baton-twirling club. On March 25, 2012, she graduated from Sakura Gakuin. In April 2013, Mutō began a solo project, releasing her first cover double EP, ''DNA1980'', in July, coinciding with a series of headlining shows. In 2014, she returned to the stage to begin a solo career in major, releasing her first studio album, ''Eien to Shunkan'', in April. On December 16, 2015, Mutō announced on her Twitter and her profile page on Amuse that she would be going on hiatus. She continued to periodically release song covers on her personal

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channel. On October 25, 2018, Mutō announced on Twitter that she will be returning to performing live on December 1, 2018. She released her first photo book on March 12, 2024, titled ''The First and The Last'' (最初で最後, ''Saisho de Saigo''), to commemorate 10 years since her solo debut. On January 29, 2025, Mutō announced her marriage and pregnancy, and that she would be going on a temporary hiatus on April 29.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

EPs

Videography

Video albums

Filmography

Music videos

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muto, Ayami Sakura Gakuin members 1996 births Living people Japanese female idols 21st-century Japanese women singers People from Toshima Singers from Ibaraki Prefecture Singers from Tokyo A-Sketch artists