Aya Matsuura

Japanese Actress and Model

Profile
Popular name        Aya Matsuura
Japanese name      松浦 亜弥
Chinese name       松浦亚弥
Nickname             Ayaya
Birth date              June 25, 1986
Birth place            Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
Occupation           Actress, Model and Singer
Height                  157cm
Blood type           B


Biography
Aside from a successful solo career, Matsuura (nicknamed Ayaya), also did numerous collaborations with other members of Hello! Project, including special, usually short lived groups Gomattou with Maki Goto and Miki Fujimoto; Nochiura Natsumi with Maki Goto and Natsumi Abe; and DEF.DIVA with Maki Goto, Natsumi Abe, and Rika Ishikawa. She also did the "Folk Song" series which feature Yuko Nakazawa and other Hello! Project artists, as well as Hello! Project's shuffle groups (3nin Matsuri in 2001, Odoru 11 in 2002, Salt5 in 2003, and the larger H.P. All Stars in 2004). She also collaborated with Miki Fujimoto as a duo named GAM that debuted September 2006. Their first single, "Thanks!" reached the #2 position on the Oricon.