She grew up in Kobe and lost many friends in the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. As a child, she wanted to be a doctor, but by the time she reached high school, she was uncertain as to whether she could do that, and not sure what to do in the future. At around this time, she was scouted by a talent agency, and she decided to try the entertainment world. Her parents were initially opposed, but they gave their permission, on two conditions: that she gives up if she was making no progress within a year, and that she put her studies first and graduate from university. She majored in Commerce at Meiji University and graduated from the school in March of 2009.
She was an exclusive model for the Japanese Seventeen magazine from late 2003 to mid-2006 and left modeling when she left the magazine.
She has appeared in several films, including The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Handsome Suit (2008), and has played leading roles in the TV Dramas Mop Girl (2007), Homeroom on the Beachside (2008), Buzzer Beat (2009) and Lady Saigo no Hanzai Profile.
She describes herself as a stay-at-home person, and likes watching DVDs, listening to music, and reading books. When asked what she would do if the world was going to end tomorrow, she said: "Read books." She also likes swimming, particularly backstroke. She has a tomcat called Jill.
On January 11, 2016, she announced her marriage to DAIGO, a fellow actor. The two began dating a few years after acting together in "LADY". Their first daughter was born on 7 September 2020. On January 31, 2024 it was announced that they have welcomed their second child, a baby boy.
She is represented by Stardust Promotions.
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He displayed some of his talents in music in 2006 when he acted and sang in "Musical: The Prince of Tennis". Then, in 2007, he released his first album, "Kokoro no Gururi", and, in 2008, a limited-edition CD single, "Saigo no Christmas"—the theme song from the play "The Family: Kizuna", in which he played the lead role.
It's possible to see some of his work in the art of photography on his official website and Instagram.
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Aya made her acting debut in 1999 with "Tengoku no Kiss", a Nippon Television drama, at the age of 15. From then on she established herself as a television regular with appearances in many Japanese TV dramas. 2001 was the most defining year in Aya's acting career as she played significant parts in the television drama "Fighting Girl" and the film "Waterboys", both are box-office hits. Aya's most notable acting role to date is her leading appearance as Yoko in the South Korean movie Fighter in the Wind (2004). Her convincing portrayal of Yoko, the Geisha who falls in love with Korean legendary fighter Masutatsu Oyama, showed how talented Aya had become over such a short period as a professional actress.
Aya continued gaining global plaudits for her voice-over role in the highly acclaimed manga, Black Jack (2005). Also in 2005, she played the title character Haruka in the highly successful Japanese television drama "Haruka 17". Her success has earned her leading television roles and anime voice-overs as well as significant movie parts that have seen Aya become one of the most sought after young talents in Japanese cinema and television.
She is married to actor Hayami Mokomichi since August 2019. They met while working together on the 2007 drama, Hataraki Man.
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His first two films as a director, Moonlight Whispers and Don't Look Back, were both released in 1999 and earned Shiota the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. Don't Look Back also won the Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival. Harmful Insect (2002) screened at the Venice Film Festival and earned two more awards at the Three Continents Festival. His first major commercial film, Yomigaeri, was the fourth biggest grossing Japanese film of 2003. Canary, his 2005 film inspired by the killings of Aum Shinrikyo in 1995, won the top prize at the Raindance Film Festival. Dororo, based on a manga by Osamu Tezuka, was the eighth top-grossing Japanese film of 2007.
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