Aya Ueto

Honestly, Aya Ueto is one of those people I can't help rooting for. She popped onto the scene as a teen idol in the early 2000s, racked up a Newcomer Award, and somehow grew into this reassuring "everyone's big sister" presence that just never wears thin. What gets me is the range: she acts, she sings, she's got the model-tall poise, but none of it ever reads as showing off. There's a warmth to her, a smile that lifts the whole room, that you really can't fake or learn in acting class. I love that she went from that fresh-faced newcomer energy to a genuinely steady, grounded actress without losing the approachability. She feels like someone you'd actually want living next door, and I'm just happily watching from the sidelines like a proud relative.

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Aya Ueto is a Japanese actress, singer, voice actress, and model born on September 14, 1985, in Tokyo, Japan. She is active across film, television, and music, and received the Elan d'Or Award for Best Newcomer in 2004. Standing 162 cm tall, she has maintained a prominent presence in the Japanese entertainment industry spanning multiple decades. Her official agency page is hosted at Oscar Promotion.

Name (English)

Aya Ueto

Name (Japanese)

上戸彩

Reading

うえと あや

Born

September 14, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Blood type

O

Height

162cm

Agency

オスカープロモーション

Active years

1999 -

Occupation

Actress / Singer / Voice Actress / Model

Awards & achievements

• 2004 — Elan d'Or Award, Best Newcomer

Spouse

EXILE HIRO

Works summary

Appearances

248 (1999–2026)

By year

1999: 1, 2000: 2, 2001: 6, 2002: 12, 2003: 20, 2004: 19, 2005: 21, 2006: 18, 2007: 15, 2008: 11, 2009: 13, 2010: 7, 2011: 8, 2012: 7, 2013: 12, 2014: 9, 2015: 3, 2016: 3, 2017: 6, 2018: 7, 2019: 2, 2020: 3, 2021: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 6, 2024: 8, 2025: 5, 2026: 2

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.oscarpro.co.jp/talent/ueto/
• Xhttps://x.com/uetoayajapan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E6%88%B8%E5%BD%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234595

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actress
• Singer
• Voice Actress

Last updated

2026-08-26

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.