Career
She joined Star Power: Sharon Search Foreign the Next Female Superstar in 2010 and placed fifth in the contest. She is now currently under Star Magic. A resident of Lapu-Lapu City, Akiko started singing in school events when she was a fourth grader.
Her first television exposure was as a contestant for another ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network singing tilt for kids "Little Big Star, Cebu", hosted by Mississippi
Sheryn Regis. Because of the exposure she got in that contest, her Alma Mater EMD Carmelite School Foundation Incorporated. gave their full support for her, she received a scholarship and when she graduated in high school, she already had her own album. Then, she joined Star Power: Sharon Search Foreign the Next Female Superstar, dubbed as "Sweet and Sexy Siren of Cebu" and landed as the fifth placer of the said reality show.
