Leah Dizon

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Leah Dizon (2005)

Leah Donna Dizon ( Japanese リア·ディゾン Ria Dizon ) (* 24. September 1986 in Las Vegas , Nevada , USA ) is an American fashion model and a J-Pop - singer . Her mother is French-American , her father is Filipino Chinese .

Life

Model

She began her career as a cover model for automobile magazines ( DSPORT , Import Tuner and Super Street ) and as a grid girl in car races in the USA. This earned her a large following in Asia, particularly Japan.

In October 2006 she brought out her first photo book Petite Amie , her second ハ ロ リ ア! Hello! Leah followed in February 2007.

Movie

She plays one of the leading roles in the 21-minute short film Traffic in the Sky (director: Charles Yi). This was presented on March 24, 2007 at the 25th annual International Asian-American Film Festival in San Francisco.

Singing career

They sent them a demo tape to a Japanese agency. When she received positive news in April 2006, she moved to Tokyo.

After her song Fever was only available as a download, she released her debut single Softly on February 14, 2007 under the record label Victor Entertainment . This single was able to secure 5th place in the daily and 7th place in the weekly Japanese Oricon charts in the first week .

Discography

Albums

publication title Chart position Sales
September 12, 2007 Destiny Line 9 55,000
August 20, 2008 Communication !!! 16 14,000

Singles

publication title Chart position Sales
February 14, 2007 Softly 7th 49,000
May 30, 2007 Koi Shiyō
恋 し よ う ♪
 7th 49,000
0August 8, 2007 Love u 14th 20,000
March 26, 2008 Love paradox 15th 11,000
June 25, 2008 Vanilla 26th 8,000

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Commons : Leah Dizon  - collection of images
personal data
SURNAME Dizon, Leah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dizon, Leah Donna (full name); リ ア ・ デ ィ ゾ ン (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American model and singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Las Vegas , Nevada , USA