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Ayasa Shimamura, known professionally as just Ayasa, is a Japanese violinist and voice actress. She is the violinist for the BanG Dream! franchise band Morfonica, and she is also the leader and violinist for the all-girl rock band East Of Eden, which Ayasa formed in 2023.

She began playing violin at the age of three, taking children’s music classes under Toho Gakuen before joining the music department at Toho Girls’ Senior High School. In her student days, she was a soloist for the St. Petersburg Festival Orchestra conducted by Andrei Anikhanov. Additionally, Ayasa posts violin covers of anime songs in cosplay to her YouTube channel, including BanG Dream! songs prior to her joining the franchise.