Ayaka Miyoshi (三吉彩花 Miyoshi Ayaka, born June 18, 1996) is a Japanese idol, singer, model and actress. She is a represented by the talent agency Amuse, Inc. and from 2010 to 2012 was a member of the agency's girl group Sakura Gakuin.
Ayaka Iida (飯田 絢香 Iida Ayaka, born December 18, 1987), known mononymously as Ayaka, is a Japanese female singer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February 22, 2009.
In the summer of 2003, Ayaka began a live performance in her hometown of Osaka. In the spring of 2004, she started going to the music school "Voice", the principal of which is her former music producer Yoshihiko Nishio, in Fukuoka. She commuted between Osaka and Fukuoka every weekend and started to learn a songwriting under the direction of Nishio. She eventually transferred to another high school in Fukuoka. The demo of songs which she produced in "Voice" was soon brought to the music industry and led to her contract with Warner Music Japan.
In January 2006, Ayaka recorded "I Believe" as the opening theme for the Japanese drama Rondo. The full single was first released as a download-only single and went on to become one of the fastest songs to reach 1,000,000 downloads, as well as becoming the 3rd-highest-selling download debut single for a female artist.
Ayaka (あやか, アヤカ) is a common feminine Japanese given name.
Ayaka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.