Matsuura Aya

Name: Matsuura Aya, 松浦亜弥, あやや
Birth Date: 6-25, 1986
Blood Type: B
Birth Place: Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Height: 157.5 cm / 5'2"
Hobbies: Shopping
Special skill: Tennis
Favorite colors: White, black, pink, color of tears
Favorite word: Love
Favorite season: Autumn
Favorite food: Rice, miso soup, fruits
Disliked food: broccoli, cauliflower, celery, parsley

Matsuura Aya Biography
Matsuura Aya debuted in 2001 with the single Dokki Doki! LOVE Mail. Her debut public performance with Hello! Project was at the April 2001 Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Haru concert. Her debut album, First Kiss, followed in 2002 after a number of single releases. She then quickly became a favorite amongst Hello! Project fans. Maintaining that sweet and bubbly feel that is evident in all Hello! Project artists, Matsuura is a solid example of solo talent for those who go for this particular flavor of J-pop, which is certainly not without its fans. It has made her one of the most popular and successful solo artists in the Hello! Project.

To date, Matsuura has released four albums and a collection of singles that have achieved respectable placings on the Oricon chart, though so far she has yet to make it to the top spot. She previously had a radio show called Let's do it!! and now has a new radio show Matsuura Aya no All Night Nippon that started on March 30, 2005. She has also participated in various shuffle units with other Hello! Project artists. In other work, 21 year old Ayaya has appeared in many CMs, doramas, a few films, and starred in an entire musical called Sougen no Hito in 2003, for which she also did the soundtrack.

Matsuura is currently a co-host of the musical variety show Utawara Hot Hit 10. She was also the main protagonist in the movie, Sukeban Deka Codename = Asamiya Saki. She is one of the most active H!P members in acting, having also been in over half a dozen TV dramas. In 2006, Matsuura and Fujimoto Miki formed a new unit named GAM, and she also became one of the increasing number of Hello! Project acts to perform overseas, with a solo concert in Shanghai.

Matsuura Aya is a Hello! Project soloist. She 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. She has sold over 2,435,822 copies in Japan alone being the best-selling solo artist in Hello! Project.