Leah Dizon ( Ria Dizon)
Height 5′ 5¾” (1.67 m)
Spouse: Bun
The sexy hot model is also a television talent, gravure idol, singer, actress, and TV personality in Japan, born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Her ethnicities include Chinese, Filipino and French. In 2006, she moved to Tokyo, Japan after signing with a Japanese talent agency and made her singing debut under Victor Entertainment with a download exclusive song, “Fever”, a cover of Kylie Minogue’s hit song.
Early life
Dizon was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her mother is French-American, and her father is Chinese-Filipino. She is the fourth of six children: she has two older brothers, an older sister, and two younger brothers. She says she grew up listening to rock and R&B music. She took dance lessons and was in her high school theater. After graduating from high school, Dizon moved to Los Angeles, California and began her modeling career.
Career
While attending college as a film major, Dizon landed a phone company advertisement, made frequent appearances at events as a booth babe/Go-Go dancer and posed for the cover features of various import-car magazines. This garnered her much attention and a fanbase overseas, predominantly in East Asia. One year after her pictures were posted up on the internet, she had over 2 million hits from search engines. In April 2006, Dizon sent a demo tape with photographs of herself to a Japanese talent agency. After being offered a contract she moved to Tokyo. In October 2006, she released her first photobook titled Petite Amie (Girlfriend in French), which was ranked as the third best-selling photobook of 2006 and 2007.
On February 14, 2007, she released her first physical single, “Softly” under the Victor Entertainment label. It peaked at number #7 in the Oricon Weekly Chart. On the same day, she also released her second photobook titled Hello! Leah, which was ranked as the second best-selling photobook of 2007.
On May 30, 2007, Dizon released her second single “Koi Shiy?” (????? ), which also peaked at #7 on the Oricon Weekly Chart. The title track is described as a ‘grooving, up-tempo dance song’ and the single features 2 B-sides: “Could you be that one?” and “Aishiteru? Love Story” (?????? Love Story ). Koi Shiy? was used in a Lotte TV ad, while “Could you be that one?” was used in a PlayStation 3 Ninja Gaiden Sigma TV ad, with Dizon starring in both commercials.
Her third single entitled “L?O?V?E U” was released on August 8, 2007.
On September 12, 2007, Dizon released her debut album, Destiny Line. The CD+DVD Edition contains 14 tracks, 10 of which were penned by Leah herself the single PVs as well as a special album PV “Again and Again”. The CD Only Edition contains the digitally-released remix of “Koi Shiy?”, called “Koi Shiy?? (Yasutaka Nakata-Capsule Mix)”.
Leah Dizon’s third photobook titled Heaven, was released October 5, 2007. It includes a DVD.
Dizon released her fourth single entitled “Love Paradox” on March 26, 2008. The title track resembles a Westernized urban song and the B-side, “Under the Same Sky,” is a mid-tempo ballad. The same day, she also released her fourth photobook, “Pure Leah.”
On April 18 it was announced that Leah’s song, “Under the Same Sky”, will be used as the theme song for the Japanese drama, Tokyo Prom Queen. Leah will also make a guest appearance on the show as Naomi, the prom queen from the previous year.
Her fifth single, “Vanilla”, was released on June 25, 2008. Her second album, Communication!!!, was released August 20, 2008.
Dizon’s first concert DVD, LIVE Communication!!! was released on December 10, 2008. The DVD features live performances of songs from both her albums.
Personal life
In October 2008, Leah held a press conference confirming her engagement and pregnancy to a Japanese stylist.
During her “Communication!!!” tour, Dizon revealed that she had recently gotten married. On December 7, 2008, Dizon posted on her blog that she will be having a baby girl in April 2009. Leah said she hopes to make a comeback after the birth of her baby.
Appearance
Film
- Traffic in the Sky (Liane)
Commercials
- Recruit – FromA Navi
- Lotte Rich Fruit Chocolate – Strawberry/Raspberry
- PlayStation 3 & Tecmo – Ninja Gaiden Sigma
- Lotte Yukimi Daifuku – Mochi Ice Cream
- Lotte Rich Fruit Chocolate – European Pear
- JVC Digital Audio Player – Alneo XA-S208
- Fujifilm – Fujicolor Digicam Printer
- Coca-Cola – No-Calorie Coke
- Kao Corporation – Essential Damage-Care
- Sony Cybershot – Cybershot T2
- Coca-Cola – Georgia European
- Coca-Cola – Georgia Catalogue
Endorsements
- Sweet Razzor
- Pinky Girls
- Slim Beauty House
- JeweLeah
- Love Note Jewelry
- LD Kimono Collection
- Softbank Limited Edition Japan Texture Phones
- Nozze
TV shows
- Webtama (Co-Host) – http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/webtama/
- Sakigake Ongaku Banzuke Vegas (Host) – http://www.fujitv.co.jp/sakigake/index2.html
Discography
Singles
|
Title |
Information |
Sales |
|
Fever (Kylie Minogue cover song) |
1st digital single (Digital download)
|
n/a |
|
Softly |
Debut/1st single
|
48,554 |
|
Koi Shiy?? (?????) |
2nd single
|
49,251 |
|
L?O?V?E U |
3rd single
|
16,240 |
|
Love Paradox |
4th single
|
10,998 |
|
Vanilla |
5th single
|
8,312 |
Albums
|
Album information |
Copies Sold |
|
Destiny Line
|
55,091 |
|
Communication!!!
|
13,533 |
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