[JAPAN][INTERVIEW] Aya Hirayama’s career blooms

January 26, 2008 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

In a recent interview on JapanToday, Chris Betros recently interviewed Hirayama Aya.

Here is a little excerpt from that article:

When she was a little girl growing up in Tochigi, actress Aya Hirayama dreamed of being in a Hollywood movie. “Of course, it was an impossible dream,” Hirayama, 24, muses. “But later, when I was 14, I saw an ad just by chance. It was for an audition by Hori Production.”

And so a star was born. Hirayama went through the usual routine of Hori proteges, learning to sing, dance and act. She started off doing photo shoots, TV commercials, TV variety show appearances and dramas, before making her movie debut in 2000. Hirayama can currently be seen on NTV’s “Hataraki Man” from 10 p.m. on Wednesday nights, as well as some NHK satellite TV programs. Her film appearances include “Waterboys” (2001), two films in the “Tsuribaka Nissho” series, and the 2006 South Korean film “Fighter in the Wind.” She also starred as the lead in the 2005 TV series “Haruka 17,” based on the popular manga of the same name.