Aya Shibata (柴田 阿弥, Shibata Aya, born 1 April 1993 in Aichi Prefecture) is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48.
She was a member of SKE48's Team E.[1] She started her career as an announcer after graduation from SKE48.
[2] On December 6, 2010, she was selected to form Team E. She went on a hiatus from February 2011 to March 2011.
Later in June 2013, she ranked for the first time in AKB48's general elections, placing 17th with 39-739 votes.
In February 2014, during the AKB48 Group Shuffle, it was announced she would be transferred back to Team E. In AKB48's 2014 general elections, she placed 15th with 39-264 votes.