Ayaka was born in Osaka, Japan, where she began studying ballet at the age of three. She placed in the Top 12 at the Youth America Grand Prix in Japan and New York in 2008 and 2009. She then received a full scholarship to the Kirov Academy in Washington, D.C. During her studies, she participated in the Jackson International Ballet Competition, where she was a finalist. In 2012, she won the bronze medal at the Boston International Ballet Competition and was also a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne.After graduating, she received an offer to join the Hungarian National Ballet as a corps de ballet member. She then joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 2014. Since 2017, she has been dancing with the Czech National Ballet, where she was promoted to demi-soloist in the 2019/20 season and later to soloist in the same season. In April 2021, she was promoted to First Soloist. During the 2020/21 season, she received the Director of the National Theatre Award for Young Artists.
