Aya Usui

Aya Usui currently serves as the VP of Corporate Communications at Universal Studios Japan, a position held since May 2024. Prior to this role, Aya was the Global Head of PR and Director at Woven by Toyota from January 2019 to April 2024. Aya's experience includes a notable tenure at Shiseido, where the roles ranged from General Manager of Global Corporate Communications to Manager of Corporate Communications and responsibilities in corporate strategy, branding, advertisement, and sponsorship from 2008 to January 2019. Earlier in Aya's career, a position as Team Leader in New Business Development and Corporate Communications was held at Fuji Xerox from July 1999 to March 2008. Aya holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a Certificat de Patisseries from Le Cordon Bleu Paris.