Knife thrower, actor, comedian, clown Pouca Roupa, catcher and flyer on trapeze and pearch acts. He was born and brought up in Circo Teatro Ayres and belongs to the third generation of the Ayres family. In 1967, he owned Circo Teatro Ayres Junior. João Ayres married Aparecida Ayres Nogueira. They had three children. One of them, João, married Lucia Ayres, the daughter of Antonio Orozimbro Mendes.