Aya Ueto

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Aya Ueto (2009)

Aya Ueto ( Japanese 上 戸 彩 , Ueto Aya ; born September 14, 1985 in Nerima , Tokyo , Japan ) is a Japanese idol . She works as a musician , actress , voice actress and model .

biography

Her mother encouraged her to audition on television. In August 1997 she took part in the seventh beauty contest Zen-Nihon Kokuminteki Bishōjo Contest ( 全 日本 国民 的 美 少女 コ ン テ ス ト ) and received the special prize of the jury. This was followed by some appearances in commercials.

In 1999 she formed the J-Pop band Z-1 with Mami Neijki, Mai Fujiya and Manami Nishiwaki. The band broke up after releasing just five singles. Two years later, she got a recording deal with Pony Canyon and began a solo career. Her first solo single Pureness was released in August 2002 and was an instant hit. The song made it to number four on the Oricon single charts, Ueto's first album AYAUETO , released in March 2003, made it to number five on the album charts. Since then she has released several more singles and albums.

She had one of her first roles as an actress in 2000 with the fourteen-year-old Momo Fuchigami in the television drama Namida o fuite , in which Yōsuke Eguchi played the leading role. Further television dramas established a high level of awareness for Ueto. For example, in the film adaptation of the manga series Ace o Nerae as a television series, she took on the lead role of tennis player Hiromi Oka in 2004 . She also wrote the theme song for the series, Ai no tame ni. , which reached number six on the Oricon single charts and trumped their most successful single Pureness with sales of over 99,000. One month after Ai no tame ni was released. this was followed by the corresponding album MESSAGE , which also made it to sixth place on the Oricon charts. The double-single release with the two titles Kaze and Okoru kotoba placed eighth in the charts.

In the television adaptation of another sports manga, Attack No. 1 , she starred in the title role from April to June 2005. The ending song for the eleven-part volleyball series was Ueto's single Yume no Chikara , which reached number seven on the Oricon charts and sold over 85,000 times.

In 2004 Ueto advertised ten different companies and received 45 million yen for various commercials that year . In 2003 it was only 30 million yen.

In Ryūhei Kitamura's 2003 film Azumi , the adaptation of a manga series by Yū Koyama , she played the protagonist, who was raised with nine other orphans and works as a swordsman in a historic Japan. For this performance, she was awarded the Japanese Academy Awards in the categories of Best Young Actor and Most Popular Actor . She was also nominated for Best Actress , but had to admit defeat to Shinobu Terajima ( Akame shijuya taki shinju misui ). In 2005 the sequel Azumi 2 - Death or Love came to Japanese cinemas, again starring Ueto. In 2004 she starred as Asako Nozawa , the protagonist, in Kei Kataoka's film Install , which is based on an award-winning bestselling novel by Risa Wataya .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1999: Satsujinsha - Uragiri no kyoudan
  • 2000: Namida o fuite (TV series)
  • 2001: 3-nen B-gumi Kimpachi-sensei 6 (TV series)
  • 2001: Yome wa mitsuboshi (TV series)
  • 2002: My Little Chef (TV series)
  • 2003: Kōkō kyōshi (TV series)
  • 2003: Azumi
  • 2003: Hitonatsu no Papa e (TV series)
  • 2003: Satoukibi batake no uta
  • 2004: Ace wo nerae! (TV series)
  • 2004: Install
  • 2004: Ace wo nerae! Kiseki e no chosen
  • 2005: Utsubo (TV series)
  • 2005: Koto
  • 2005: Azumi 2 - Death or Love
  • 2005: Ashita-Genki (voice)
  • 2005: Attack No. 1 (TV series)
  • 2006: Attention Please (TV series)
  • 2006: Tsubasa no oreta tenshitachi (TV series)
  • 2006: Atenshon puriizu (TV series)
  • 2007: Ri Kouran (TV series)
  • 2007: Hotelier (TV series)
  • 2012: Thermae Romae

Discography

Albums

publication title Chart position Sales
in Japan
March 12, 2003 AYAUETO 5 54,000
0March 3, 2004 MESSAGE 6th 75,000
0December 8, 2004 Re. 19th 35,000
August 24, 2005 UETOAYAMIX 47 7,000
0March 8, 2006 License 19th 22,000
September 20, 2006 BEST of UETOAYA -Single Collection- 5 48,000
July 15, 2009 Happy Magic ~ Smile Project ~ 20th

Singles

publication title Chart position Sales
in Japan
August 28, 2002 Pureness 4th 96,000
0November 7, 2002 kizuna 5 57,000
February 26, 2003 Hello 10 41,000
May 14, 2003 MESSAGE / STAFF 10 28,000
August 27, 2003 Kansho / MERMAID 9 40,000
November 27, 2003 Binetsu 14th 24,000
0February 4, 2004 Ai no Tame ni. 6th 99,000
June 16, 2004 Kaze / Okuru Kotoba 8th 44,000
July 28, 2004 Afuresou na Ai, Daite / Namida wo Fuite 10 34,000
November 17, 2004 Usotsuki 12 26,000
0June 8, 2005 Yume no Chikara 7th 85,000
0August 3, 2005 Kaze wo Ukete 17th 27,000
February 15, 2006 Egao no Mama de 15th 13,000
March 14, 2007 way to heaven 20th 12,000
May 30, 2007 Namida no Niji / SAVE ME 17th 13,000
June 24, 2009 Smile for ... / Mou Ichido Dake 10 TBA

Web links

Commons : Aya Ueto  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ aya-ueto.net - Biography ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aya-ueto.net
  2. ↑ aya-ueto.net - Biography 2 ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aya-ueto.net
  3. ↑ Wiki.theppn - Ai no Tame ni.
  4. ↑ a b c Kizuna {aya ueto fansite} ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / aya.rikku.nu
  5. ↑ Wiki.theppn - Yume no Chikara
  6. ↑ 上 戸 彩 の ア ル バ ム 作品. In: ORICON STYLE. Retrieved July 17, 2016 (Japanese).
  7. ↑ 上 戸 彩 の シ ン グ ル 作品. In: ORICON STYLE. Retrieved July 17, 2016 (Japanese).
personal data
SURNAME Ueto, Aya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 上 戸 彩
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese musician, model and actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Nerima , Tokyo , Japan