Matsuura Aya (松浦亜弥) is a female Japanese popular music artist who was born on June 25, 1986 in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. She had originally tried out to be a member of Morning Musume but didn't make the cut. However, Morning Musume's producer and creator Tsunku spotted her talents and decided to make her a soloist in Hello! Project, the umbrella artists' group that includes Morning Musume and other performers.

Asides from a successful solo career, Aya Matsuura (nicknamed Ayaya) has also done numerous collaborations with other members of Hello! Project, including one-time group Gomattou with Maki Goto and Miki Fujimoto, the "Folk Song" series which feature Yuko Nakazawa and other H!P artists, as well as Hello! Project's summer shuffle groups (Ayaya was placed in 3-nin Matsuri for 2001, Odoru 11 in 2002, and Salt 5 in 2003).

Discography

Singles

• Dokki Doki! LOVE Mail (ドッキドキ! LOVEメール, 4/11/2001)
• Toropika-ru Koishite-ru (トロピカ~ル 恋して~る, 6/13/2001)
• LOVE Namidairo (LOVE涙色, 9/5/2001)
• 100kai no KISS (100回のKISS, 11/28/2001)
• ♥ Momoiro Kataomoi ♥ (♥ 桃色片思い ♥, 2/6/2002)
• Yeah! Metcha Holiday (Yeah! めっちゃホリディ, 5/29/2002)
• The Bigaku (The 美学, 9/19/2002)
• Sogen no Hito (草原の人, 12/11/2002)
• Ne-e? (ね~え?, 3/12/2003)
• GOOD BYE Natsuo (GOOD BYE 夏男, 6/4/2003)
• THE LAST NIGHT (9/26/2003)
• Kiseki no Kaori Dance (奇跡の香りダンス, 1/28/2004)
• Hiyashinsu (風信子 (ヒヤシンス), 3/10/2004)
• YOUR SONG ~Seishun Sensei~ (YOUR SONG ~青春宣誓~, 7/14/2004)
• Watarasebashi (渡良瀬橋, 10/20/2004)
• Tensai! LET'S GO Ayayam (天才! LET'S GO あややム, 11/26/2004, the theme song of "Hamtaro the Movie 4 (劇場版とっとこハム太郎 はむはむぱらだいちゅ! ハム太郎とふしぎのオニの絵本塔, Gekijo-ban Tottoko Hamutaro Ham-Ham Paradise, Hamutaro to Fushigi no Oni no Ehonto")
• Zutto Suki de Iidesuka (ずっと 好きでいいですか, 2/23/2005)

Albums

• First Kiss (ファーストKISS, 1/1/2002)
• T*W*O (1/29/2003)
• ×3 (Read: Triple) (トリプル, 1/1/2004)
• Matsuura Aya Best 1 (松浦亜弥ベスト1, 3/24/2005)

DVD

• Concert Tour 2002 Haru "First Date" at Tokyo Kokusai Forum (ファーストコンサートツアー2002春"ファーストデート" at 東京国際フォーラム, 8/7/2002)
• Matsuura Aya Single M Clips 1 (松浦亜弥シングルMクリップス1, 10/9/2002)
• Bi Shojo Nikki (美・少女日記 I, II, 12/11/2002)
• Aya no DNA (亜弥のDNA, 1/16/2003)
• Yeah! Metcha Raibu at Nakano Sun Plaza (Yeah! めっちゃライブ at 中野サンプラザ, 2/19/2003)
• Alo-Hello! (アロハロ!, 2/26/2003)
• Sogen no Hito (草原の人, 3/5/2003) - With the original casting
• Ne-e? (ね~え?, 3/12/2003)
• Kotomikku Daijiten Jo / Ge (ことミック大辞典 上巻, 下巻, 5/2/2003)
• Musical "Sogen no Hito" (ミュージカル "草原の人", 5/21/2003)
• GOOD BYE Natsuo (GOOD BYE 夏男, 6/4/2003)
• Moero! Mana-bu Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 (燃えろ!マナー部1, 2, 7/2/2003)
• Concert Tour - 2003 Haru - Matsu Ringu PINK- (松浦亜弥コンサートツアー2003春 ~松リング PINK~, 9/18/2003)
• Kiseki no Kaori Dance (奇跡の香りダンス。, 1/28/2004)
• Matsuura Aya Concert Tour -2003 Aki -Ayaya Hit Parade!- (松浦亜弥コンサートツアー2003秋 ~あややヒットパレード!~, 2/4/2004)
• Matsuura Aya Single V Clips 2 (松浦亜弥シングルVクリップス2, 4/14/2004)
• Musical "Real Audition!!" (ミュージカル "リアルオーディション!!", 5/12/2004)
• Alo-Hello!2 Matsuura Aya DVD (アロハロ!2 松浦亜弥, 7/7/2004)
• Single V YOUR SONG -Seishun Sensei- (シングルV YOUR SONG ~青春宣誓~, 7/28/2004)
• Matsuura Aya Concert Tour 2004 Haru Watashi to Watashi to Anata (松浦亜弥コンサートツアー2004春 ~私と私とあなた~, 8/11/2004)
• Single V Watarasebashi (シングルV 渡良瀬橋, 11/10/2004)
• Matsuura Aya Concert Tour 2004 Aki Matsu Crystal Yoyogi Special (松浦亜弥コンサートツアー2004秋 ~松クリスタル 代々木スペシャル~, 12/1/2004)

Video

• Matsuura Aya Bi.Shojo Nikki Part 1 (美・少女日記 1, 4/25/2001)
• Matsuura Aya Bi.Shojo Nikki Part 2 (美・少女日記 2, 6/27/2001)
• Matsuura Aya Bi.Shojo Nikki Part 3 (美・少女日記 3, 9/5/2001)
• Matsuura Aya Bi.Shojo Nikki Part 4 (美・少女日記 4, 12/12/2001)
• Concert Tour 2002 Haru "First Date" at Tokyo Kokusai Forum (ファーストコンサートツアー2002春"ファーストデート" at 東京国際フォーラム, 8/7/2002)
• Matsuura Aya Single M Clips 1 (松浦亜弥シングルMクリップス1, 10/9/2002)
• Yeah! Metcha Raibu at Nakano Sun Plaza (Yeah! めっちゃライブ at 中野サンプラザ, 2/19/2003)
• Alo-Hello! (アロハロ!, 2/26/2003)
• Ne-e? (ね~え?, 3/12/2003)

Appearances

TV

• VICTORY! ~Foot Girls no Seishun~ (VICTORY!~フットガールズの青春~, Fuji TV and its affiliated TV stations (FNS))
• Aijo Ippon! (愛情イッポン!, Nippon TV and its affiliated TV stations (NNS))
• A (Nippon TV and its affiliated TV stations (NNS))

Radio

• Matsuura Aya no All Night Nippon (松浦亜弥のオールナイトニッポン, Nippon Hoso and thirty-six Japanese radio stations)

External Link

• Matsuura Aya official website