AYA JEAN is a former model/former model agency owner/TEDx Speaker/Author/Self-Image Consultant/Style Coach who will be co-starring in a Hollywood documentary “The Chinese American Immigrant” (2023) as herself. She was born to a supermodel and modeled since birth as Aya Yoshikawa. She graced the covers of multiple fashion magazines, starring in over 150 TV commercials as well as runway shows including Vivienne Westwood. She has worked with multiple major brands as their exclusive campaign model: among them are Shiseido, De Beers, Mercedes Benz, Cadillac, Coca-Cola, and MIKIMOTO.

Aya also worked as an interpreter for NASA, NFL, and FORMULA1 among others during her college years, before buying her own model agency which consisted of her two sisters and a Seventeen contract model at the time. She transformed it into a 31-model & artist management company with over 5,000 client database, with major clients including Hakuhodo, Dentsu, NTT Docomo, Shueisha, Kodansha, Loreal, J.W. Thompson, etc. until she retired from model management. She collaborated with Oscar Promotions, the biggest talent/model agency in Japan, which made a model division within their company named after her agency, Inframince.