Aya Asahina

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 "Aya Kitagawa (北川 彩)".

In 2014, she moved to Ikushima Planning Office and began working under her real name, Aya Asahina. On October 13, 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 November 25 of the same year, she was selected as the 14th Sanai Swimsuit Image Girl.

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, Runway 24 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.