Famous People with Name Aya

Aya Ishiguro            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Aya Ishiguro: is a singer, writer, TV personality and fashion designer in Japan, most famous for her participation in J-pop group Morning Musume). She was born in Hokkaid?, Japan on May 12, 1978.Aya Ishiguro was a runner-up in a 1997 contest to find a new female rock idol. After the contest was overùwith the winner being Michiyo Heikeùmusic producer, former rock musician, and contest judge Tsunku decided to focus his attention on five runners-up, which included Ishiguro, Natsumi Abe, Kaori Iida, Asuka Fukuda, and Yuko Nakazawa.Tsunku promised to take the quintet under his wing if they sold 50,000 copies of their CD "Ai no Tane" (also known as Morning Musume's 0th single) within five days. They accomplished this task within four, and Tsunku upheld his end of the bargain.

Aya Ueto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Aya Ueto: a Japanese actress, idol and singer.In 1999, she formed the J-pop band Z-1 with Mami Nejiki, Mai Fujiya, and Manami Nishiwaki. They released five singles before breaking up, but Aya went on to start a solo career when she signed with Pony Canyon two years later. She released her first single, "Pureness," in 2002. It peaked at #4 on the Oricon charts and became the first female artist debut single in 3 years and 3 months to enter the Top 5 since Kyoko Fukada. Since then, she has released thirteen singles and six albums.

Aya Matsuura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Aya Matsuura: Aya auditioned in 2000 for the 4th Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition, and was selected along with Sheki-Dol to become a part of what was later known as Hello! Project. It is a common misconception that Aya originally auditioned to be a part of Morning Musume, which she didn't.[1] After being chosen from that audition, Aya Matsuura began her solo career. In time she would become one of Hello! Project's biggest acts.

Aya Hirano            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Aya Hirano: a seiyu and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan. She is contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of Space Craft Group for her seiyu career.[1] For her singing career, she is signed under Lantis.[2] Her blood type is O.Aya spent a few of her very early years of life in America before returning to Japan. In 1998, she joined the Tokyo Child Theatrical Group division of the Space Craft Group company. Eventually, she began to appear in commercials and got her first role as a seiyu in Tenshi no Shippo. From 2002-2003 she was a member of the short-lived girl band "Springs.

Aya Korem            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Aya Korem: an Israeli pop/rock singer and songwriter. She was the runner-up for two Female Singer of the Year awards in 2006.Since childhood Korem has been singing and performing, playing the guitar and the piano. Between 2001 and 2004 she studied Songwriting, Composition and Performance at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Ramat HaSharon, a school that gave birth to many Israeli singers such as Noa and Aviv Geffen. She was part of the "magic class", studying together with Miri Mesika, Keren Peles, Ohad Hitman and Eric Berman that went on to be popular singers.[2] She enrolled in the music college just to "pass some time" until she decided what she really wanted to study, but ended up having a successful music career.[3] She dreamed of being an architect, and one of her temporary jobs was cake baking at a bakery.