Aya Ueto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Aya Ueto

Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1985

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: actor, singer, seiyū, child actor, fashion designer, model, film actor

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Aya Ueto

  • Aya Ueto (?? ?, Ueto Aya, born September 14, 1985) is a Japanese actress, singer and television personality.
  • In 1997, Ueto participated in the seventh Japan Bishojo Contest, where she won the special jury prize.
  • Soon thereafter, Ueto joined the talent agency Oscar Promotion and began taking singing, dancing and acting lessons.
  • In 1999, she formed the girl group Z-1 with three fellow Japan Bishojo Contest participants.
  • The group disbanded in 2002 and later that year, Ueto signed with Pony Canyon and released "Pureness", her debut single as a lead artist.
  • She has since released five studio albums which have spawned ten Oricon top-ten singles. At the age of thirteen, Ueto made her acting debut in the 1999 thriller Satsujinsha: Killer of Paraiso.
  • In 2001, Ueto appeared in the sixth season of the TBS drama 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei.
  • Her portrayal of a high school student with gender dysphoria garnered critical acclaim and led to several leading roles and advertising endorsements, establishing Ueto as one of Japan's most recognizable faces.
  • Since 2004, Ueto has held the annual title of CM Queen five times.
  • Ueto has won two Television Drama Academy Awards – one for Best Actress for her performance in the sports drama series Ace o Nerae! (2004) and one for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the human drama Nagareboshi (2010).
  • She subsequently starred in the remake of Attention Please (2006), the banking drama Hanzawa Naoki (2013) and Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon (2014).Ueto ventured onto the big screen as the lead in Ryuhei Kitamura's 2003 blockbuster Azumi, which earned her a nomination for a Japan Academy Award for Best Actress.
  • She went on to star in its sequel, Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005), and Thermae Romae (2012), the adaptation of Mari Yamazaki's manga series of the same name.
  • In 2017, Ueto starred in the feature film adaptation of the drama series Hirugao.

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