1. Her real name was Arisha Natalya Ignatyeva. However, her father had her last name changed to that of her deceased mother. The pet name “Naya” came from her wet nurse and was then use by everyone in the Ignatyeva household. When she was ten, she was adopted by a Drag Artist and was later on given the name “Nayumi”.
2. She’s half Russian, half American and grew up in Volzsky, Russia. Her father was a Russian Scientist and her mother was a daughter of an American Consul in Russia.
3. As a child, Naya has always been sickly. She hates syringes and the smell of medicines.
4. When she was little, she was never allowed to go beyond the walls of their mansion in Volzsky and was tutored almost all her life.
5. She knows how to play the harp. However, she’s not really fond of it and was just forced to learn because of her father’s wish.
6. Naya is a shoe addict. She loves to collect shoes and would buy almost every shopping day.
7. She loves to cook and watch cooking shows at Food Channel or Life Style Network. She loves/hates Gordon Ramsey with all her heart.
8. She likes watching animations especially from Studio Ghibli. Naya has a huge crush on Howl Jenkins from Howl’s Moving Castle.
9. Her favorite color is pink.
10. She totally loves strawberries. For her, strawberry reminds her the smell of spring and the color of summer.