Aya Matsuura Matsuura Aya, born June 25, 1986) is a J-pop artist from Himeji, Hy?go Prefecture, Japan. Aya auditioned in 2000 for the fourth Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition and was selected along with Sheki-Dol to become a part of what was later known as Hello! Project.