- 13th July, 1965
- Akina was 53cm tall, weighted 3.25kg when she was born at 7:30am in Kiyose City, Tokyo, Japan.
- The Nakamoris have 6 children. Akina is the fifth child.
- Her parents gave all the children names beginning with 'Aki'.
- Brothers : Akinori and Akihiro
- Sisters : Akie, Akiko, and Akiho
- 1969
- Akina started taking her ballet lessons when she was 4.
- She learned ballet for 10 years.
- April, 1970
- Akina attended the Yurikago Nursery School.
- April, 1972
- Akina studies at the Kiyose Elementary School.
- She wanted to be a singer when she wrote her Primary one composition "My future dream".
- Akina likes singing when she was a child.
When Akina was young, the person she watched was the real performer, Momoe Yamaguchi.
A great performer touches everybody. Every time she watched the music programme on TV,
she was always convinced that she wanted to become a pop singer.
- April, 1978
- Akina started to study at the Kiyose Junior High School with her siblings.
- "Star Tanjo" contestant form was sent.
- 2nd September, 1979
- Akina's first attempt at "Star Tanjo" at Sogo Department Store in Tokyo when she was 14.
- She sang Iwasaki Hiromi's "Natsu ni dakarete" and became one of the 10 qualified contestants.
- October, 1979
- She sang Iwasaki Hiromi's "Natsu ni dakarete" again in the singing contest at Kourakuen Hall.
- She lost because the judges thought the song was too mature for her age.
- September 1980
- Akina's second attempt at "Star Tanjo".
- She sang Matsuda Seiko's "Aoi Sangosho" and entered the preliminary round again
- October, 1980
- Akina sang Matsuda Seiko's "Aoi Sangosho" again during the preliminary round but she lost again.
- Summer 1981
- Akina's third attempt at "Star Tanjo".
- Akina sang Takeuchi Mariya's "September" for her first round and Yamaguchi Momoe's "Yume Annai Nin" for her second round.
- 11 July, 1981
- Akina sang Yamaguchi Momoe's "Yume Saki Annai Nin" during the contest.
- The judges gave her a total of 392 out of 400.
- 18 November, 1981
- Akina sang Yamaguchi Momoe's "Yume Saki Annai Nin" again at "Stat Tanjo".
- After the contest, Akina received 11 name cards of different recording companies that were interested in signing her on as their artist.
- She transfered to Meidai Nakano High School.
- March, 1982
- Akina went to America to have her studio recording of her debut single and album and filming her first video clip. she stayed there from 11th March to 16th March.
- She stayed there for 5 days.
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