Aya Asahina

is a Japanese model, actress, and YouTuber.

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 "".

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 .

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, 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. On April 2, 2025, she announced her second pregnancy. On June 2, Asahina shared the birth of her second child in an Instagram post.

Filmography Film

Television