Aya Ueto Thread

[Miku]

hey evreyone and welcome to Aya Ueto's thread. xD

Aya Ueto (上戸 彩 Ueto Aya, born September 14, 1985 in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress, idol, and singer.

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In 1997, Aya Ueto participated in the 7th All-Japan National Young Beauty contest, where she received a special award from the judges. Her discovery led to many TV commercial deals, which would eventually start her acting career.

In 1999, she formed the J-pop band Z-1 with Mami Nejiki, Mai Fujiya, and Manami Nishiwaki. They released five singles before breaking up, but Aya went on to start a solo career when she signed with Pony Canyon two years later. She released her first single, "Pureness," in 2002. Since then, she has released several more singles and three albums.

Meanwhile, Aya began her acting career in 2000 with a role in Namida wo Fuite. In 2001, she played a part in 3 Nen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei, and her performance greatly boosted her popularity. She starred in several later dramas, including Koukou Kyoushi 2003, Hitonatsu no Papa e, and Aim for the Ace!. She also starred in Ryuhei Kitamura's blockbuster Azumi and in its sequel, Azumi 2: Death or Love.

She is often said to physically resemble Japanese star Momoe Yamaguchi. As of 2006, she remains ubiquitous in Japan, appearing constantly on magazines and in commercials.

Discography:
Singles
Pureness (2002)
kizuna (2002)
Hello (2003)
MESSAGE/PERSONAL (2003)
Kanshou/MERMAID (2003)
Binetsu (2003)
Ai no tameni. (2004)
Kaze/Okuru kotoba (2004)
Afuresou na ai, daite/Namida wo fuite (2004)
Usotsuki (2004)
Yume no chikara (2005)
Kaze wo ukete (2005)
Egao no mama de (2006)

Albums:
AYAUETO (2003)
MESSAGE (2004)
Re. (2004)
UETOAYAMIX (2005)
License (2006)
BEST of AYA UETO -Single Collection- (2006)

Filmography:
Dramas
Namida wo Fuite (2000)
Yome wa mitsuboshi(2001)
3 Nen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei (2001)
Wataru seken wa oni bakari (2002)
My Little Chef (2002)
Koukou Kyoushi 2003 (2003)
Hitonatsu no Papa e (2003)
Satoukibi bakate no uta (2003)
Ace wo Nerae! (2004)
Yoshitsune (2005)
Attack No.1 (2005)
Nada sousou~kono ai ni ikite~ (2005)
Tsubasa no oreta tenshitachi (2006)
Attention Please (2006)
Shimokita Sundays (2006)

Movies
The Killers of Paraiso (1999) – as Hikari, leading character
Return to Never Land (2002) – as Jane's Japanese voice actress
Azumi (2003) – as Azumi, leading character
Install (2004) – as Asako Nozawa, leading character
Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005) – as Azumi, leading character
Ashita Genki ni na~re! (2005) – as Kayoko's voice actress

Games
Rogue Galaxy (2005) – Voice actress

wiki Aya Ueto is a princess ^ _ ^

[Raleigh]

Lol oddly enough I've been thinking of creating a thread for her today

[LacusClyne]

^give me a high 5. i was just about to start a Aya thread today too....

i'm currently watching Aya's attention please. well, i had heard of aya before, but it wasn't until i saw Attack No 1 on cable last year that made me notice her. then, i saw Azumi which is spendid!!!!!

now to celebrate aya's thread. i'm sharing some wallpapers.

[Raleigh]

I'm currently watching that dorama and I'm loving it Aya is certainly an excellent actress.

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Lol oddly enough I've been thinking of creating a thread for her today

I actually did loong time ago, but it lost interest.

I hope this will survive though.

Will any of you
get her new single
collection?

[Raleigh]

Well I'll certainly be visiting back! I like Aya's character in Attention Please! She's so funny yet so adorable in it

[LacusClyne]

i want that single collection, but i need the translation, so i'm waiting for the oversea version.

just wondering which is the drama that her role fall in love with her teacher?

[Raleigh]

I might get the OS edition myself ^^ does anyone know where to find any photos related to Attention Please?

[LacusClyne]

how about her offcial site?

[Kodayumi]

Never heard of her...any of her song samples? =P

[*Petit*]

Here are some of her works off Re. :

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=347C088255E31A70

Hit song "ai no tame ni (2004 winter style), Ano hito ni aitai (re. style), kaze (southern wind version) and kaze (original version) and usotsuki. Enjoy!

[bulmasman]

I love Aya ^^, was listening to Yume no Chikara when i found this thread infact ^^

Currently watching her newest drama, Shimokita Sundays, heard it's a flop but she's great as always ^^

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by *Petit*

Here are some of her works off Re. :

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=347C088255E31A70

Hit song "ai no tame ni (2004 winter style), Ano hito ni aitai (re. style), kaze (southern wind version) and kaze (original version) and usotsuki. Enjoy!

thanks. i don't have re. i remember someone upload the whole album before. but the download failed. and i forget where is it now....

[LacusClyne]

*bump to add stuff*

here are merchandise, wallpapers of Azumi2!!!!

and here's the trailer for part 1!!!

[Pulsar]

She is sooooo cute....

I knew her from Attention Please..

Those 11 episodes were very entertaining....very indeed!

[LacusClyne]

here's the ending theme she sung for Attack No 1
Yume No Chikara

[Miku]

thx for the wallpapers..I can't wait to BEST of AYA UETO -Single Collection- is out

[LacusClyne]

it's creepy~~~ i suddenly recall why i found Aya looking so familar..i used to have a manager named Flora, who look so much alike Aya....

[rookies]

So there is a thread on her. I searched "Aya Ueto", but nothing showed up, hmm... that is strange.

Anyways, Egao no mama de is my favourite song of hers.

And apparently, she's going to make her comeback this year, as I've read on JPM.

[rookies]

Here is the latest info on Aya Ueto! (see under spoiler button) Plus new pics!

Spoiler:

Less than two weeks ago news of a new project from Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Azumi) and Shunji Iwai (Swallowtail Butterfly, All about Lily Chou-Chou) hit the web. It was announced that the two filmmakers, who had previously discussed working on the long-ruminating film "Bandage" about a rock band in the 90s, would now be working on a 50-minute animated film titled "Baton" for the 150th anniversary of the founding of Yokohama. A teaser image was released, but that was about it. No plot details were disclosed and no voice talent was announced. Well, today all that has changed.

In a press conference held on Thursday in Japan (which is yesterday with the time difference) Kitamura and Iwai took to the stage with two of the film's stars, Aya Ueto (middle left) and Hayato Ichihara (middle right). The two actors, Ueto who worked with Kitamura on "Azumi" and Ishihara who worked with Iwai on "All about Lily Chou-Chou", will not only be lending their voices to the project, but will be rotoscoped, the same technique recently used by Richard Linklater in his 2006 Philip K. **** adaptation "A Scanner Darkly". The rest of the cast will be rounded out by Ren Osugi, Takashi Naito, Mimura, and Tatsuya Fujiwara.

Director Kitamura and producer Iwai explained that "Baton" won't be a single 50-minute film, but instead will be broken up into a trilogy of 20-minute films that will be screened at the Theater Future on the bay in Yokohama from April 28th to September 27th, and that the films will be set on a future Earth in which the two main characters, Apollo and Michal, will live side by side with intelligent robots. You can actually take a peek at tiny image of the concept art for the characters at the website for the Yokohama 150th anniversary celebrations here.

It also turns out that "Baton" is a bit of a homecoming for the two filmmakers. Iwai is a graduate of the Faculty of Education Department of Art of Yokohama National University, and Kitamura joked with reporters that after all he put Yokohama through making "Godzilla: Final Wars" that it was about time he gave back to the city.
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Some pictures:

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Credits: JPM