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Aya Asahina (朝比奈彩, Asahina Aya, born 6 October 1993) is a Japanese model, actress, and YouTuber.

Aya Asahina
Asahina in June 2023
Born	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 31) Sumoto City, Hyōgo, Japan
Other names	Aya Kitagawa
Occupations	Model actress youtuber
Years active	2013–present
Agent	Ikushima Planning Office
Spouse	Kenjiro Yamashita ​(m. 2021)​
Children	1
Modeling information
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Hair color	black
Eye color	brown
YouTube information
Channel	AYA ASAHINA official channel
Years active	2020–present
Genre	Vlog
Subscribers	211 thousand
Total views	17 million
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 7 August 2024
Japanese name
Kanji	朝比奈彩
Hiragana	あさひな あや
Transcriptions Romanization Asahina Aya

Biography

Asahina was born on 6 October 1993, in Sumoto City, Hyōgo Prefecture. She is the eldest of two siblings, with one younger brother.

Career

After graduating from Hyogo Prefectural Sumoto Technical High School, she worked as a midwife's assistant at a local obstetrics and gynecology clinic for about a year and a half. While working at the clinic, she was approached by an acquaintance who suggested she should work as an event model. And while working there, she was scouted by the talent agency E-Smile and signed with them in 2013. From there, she began working as a race queen under the stage name "Aya Kitagawa (北川 彩)".

In 2014, she moved to Ikushima Planning Office and began working under her real name, Aya Asahina. On 13 October, she was selected as the grand prize winner at the DHC Cinderella Awards, and began working as an exclusive model for the January issue of fashion magazine Ray released in November of that year. On 25 November of the same year, she was selected as the 14th Sanai Swimsuit Image Girl [ja].

In November 2015, Asahina was appointed as the "Support Ambassador" for her hometown of Sumoto City, Hyōgo Prefecture.

She made her acting debut in the Amazon original drama Tokyo Alice, which began streaming on 25 August 2017.

In 2019, she began working as an exclusive model for the May issue of the fashion magazine Oggi, which was released in March. In July of the same year, she starred in her first TV drama series, Runway 24 [ja] on TV Asahi.

On 6 October 2020, for her 27th birthday, she opened her YouTube channel, "Asahina Channel".

On 13 December 2022, she was appointed as the director for the Awaji Island UNESCO Association.

Personal life

She admires actress Keiko Kitagawa, who is also from Hyōgo Prefecture, hence the surname Kitagawa in her former stagename.

On 26 July 2021, Asahina announced her marriage to Sandaime J Soul Brothers member Kenjiro Yamashita. On 14 December 2023, she revealed that she was expecting the couple's first child. On 25 March of the following year, the couple jointly announced the birth of their first child, a son.

Filmography

Film

Television drama

Web drama

Bibliography

Magazine

• Ray (January 2015 issue, Shufunotomosha)
• Oggi (May 2019 issue, Shogakukan)
• andGIRL (M-ON Entertainment)

References

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39. "アスリート系美女・淡路島出身の21歳、朝比奈彩が14代目三愛水着イメージガールに". ORICON NEWS. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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External links

• Official profile at Ikkushima Planning Office (in Japanese)
• Profile at Oggi magazine (in Japanese)

• 1993 births
• Living people
• Japanese female models
• Japanese gravure models
• Japanese film actresses
• Japanese television actresses
• 21st-century Japanese actresses
• Models from Hyōgo Prefecture