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Aya Sugimoto (杉本 彩, Sugimoto Aya, July 19, 1968 -) is a Japanese singer, model, actress, and dancer from Kyoto, who turned to be a writer for erotic novels.

Career

In early 2003, Sugimoto's figure led her to be chosen as the spokeswoman for B-Up Drops, or Bust Up Drops. A candy made from vegetables, B-Up Drops were promoted as a dietary supplement which would help increase and maintain a woman's bustline. Then 34, Sugimoto was quoted in the ad as claiming, "My boobs are so big, it's hard to maintain the right shape... Being my age, I knew I had to do something about it. And that's when I started using B-Up Drops."

She is best known in Japan for her J-Pop career (#1 Singles "Usagi" , "Boys" and "Gorgeous") and movie career. Among the many roles she has played, one of her better known is that of Queen Beryl in the 2003-2004 TV series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

In July 2003, Sugimoto went through a high-profile divorce from her husband of 11 years. Claiming that there was not enough sex in her marriage, the term "sexless divorce" became a catch-phrase among frustrated wives in Japan. Sugimoto said, "I didn't think it was such a big deal. I actually thought that it was a healthier reason for wanting out than a lot of other mud-dragging type of divorces."

After the notoriety she gained from the publicity surrounding the divorce, Sugimoto was one of the outspoken guests on the Friday late-night TV Tokyo talk show, Yearnings of the Goddess. She later wrote a book which became a major hit. In 2004, she starred in director Takashi Ishii's remake of Oniroku Dan's S&M novel, Flower and Snake. Working with bondage master Go Arisue, she reprised the role first played by Naomi Tani in director Masaru Konuma's version of the novel, Flower and Snake (1974).

Albums

• Aya (1988)
• Mizu no Naka no Chiisana Taiyou (水の中の小さな太陽) (1988)
• Shakunetsu Densetsu (灼熱伝説) (1989)
• Body&Soul (1990)
• Japanese Dream (1990)
• Shiseikatsu (私生活) (1991)
• Femme Fatale (1995)

Singles

• Boys (1988)
• 13 Hi no Hana (13日のルナ) (1988)
• Nichiyoubi wa Dame yo (日曜日はダメよ) (19898)
• B & S (1990)
• ukigi (1990)
• Gorgeous (ゴージャス) (1990)
• Kagayaitete... (輝いてて・・・) (1991)
• Ai ga Shiritai (愛が知りたい) (1992)
• Le Soir ~Eien no Wakare~ (Le SOIR～永遠の別れ～) (1993)

Films

• 2006 : Ghost Train (Otoshimono), de Takeshi Furusawa
• 2006 : Trapped Ashes, de Sean S. Cunningham, John Gaeta, Monte Hellman, Ken Russell et Joe Dante
• 2006 : LoveDeath, de Ryuhei Kitamura
• 2005 : Hana to hebi 2: Pari/Shizuko, de Takashi Ishii
• 2005 : Gokudô no onna-tachi: Jôen, d'Hajime Hashimoto
• 2004 : Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World, de Ryuichi Hiroki
• 2004 : Hana to hebi, de Takashi Ishii
• 2003 : Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, de Ryuta Tazaki
• 2002 : Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet (Urutoraman Kosumosu: Buru Puranetto), de Tsugumi Kitaura
• 1998 : Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light (Urutoraman Tiga & Urutoraman Daina: Hikari no hoshi no senshi tachi), de Kazuya Konaka
• 1994 : A New Love in Tokyo (Ai no shinsekai), de Banmei Takahashi
• 1993 : Megami ga kureta natsu, de Takeo Imai
• 1987 : Shonan bakusozoku: Bomber Bikers of Shonan (Shônan bakusôzoku), de Nobutaka Nishizawa et Daiki Yamada

Television

• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon as Queen Beryl
• Jigoku Shoujo as Hone Onna

References

1. "Hana to hebi (2004)". IMDB. Retrieved 2007-05-24.

Sources

• Aya Sugimoto at IMDb
• Ketchum, Jack. (2007). "Flower and Snake 2: A Dialogue" in Asian Cult Cinema, #54, pp. 57-62.
• "杉本 彩 (Sugimoto Aya)". 'Web I-dic' (Idol Dictionary) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-05-24. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

• Japanese actors
• Japanese female singers
• Japanese fashion models
• Japanese gravure idols
• 1968 births
• Living people
• People from Kyoto (city)
• Japanese female models