Leah Dizon

Infobox musical artist


Name = Leah Dizon
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Leah Donna Dizon
Born = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1986|9|24
Origin = Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Genre = J-pop
Occupation = Model, singer
Years_active = 2006–present
Label = Victor Entertainment
URL = [http://www.leah-dizon.net/ Official Website] nihongo|Leah Dizon|リア・ディゾン|Ria Dizon|extra= born Leah Donna Dizon on September 24, 1986 is a talent, model, singer, actress, Gravure idol and TV personality in Japan, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. [http://ameblo.jp/leahdizon-profile/ Leah Dizon Official Blog -Profile（リア・ディゾン オフィシャルブログ -プロフィール） powered by アメブロ ] ] Her ethnicities include Chinese, Filipino and French. In 2006, she moved to Tokyo, Japan after being accepted by a Japanese talent agency for her modeling, and debuted under Victor Entertainment with a download exclusive song, "Fever", a cover of Kylie Minogue's hit song of the same name.

Early life

Leah Dizon was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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. Dizon dreamed of pursuing a career as a singer. [ [http://www.importtuner.com/models/0508_cover_model_leah_dizon/index.html Leah Dizon - Cover Model Interview - Import Tuner Magazine ] ]

Career

After graduating from high school, Dizon moved to Los Angeles and began her modeling career. While attending college as a film major, Dizon landed a phone company advertisement and posed for the cover features of various import-car magazines. This gained her much attention and a fanbase overseas, predominantly in East Asia. One year after her pictures were posted up on the internet, she already had 2,000,000 hits from search engines. Following the advice of her fans, Dizon sent a demo tape with photographs of herself to a talent agency in Japan and in April 2006, after being accepted, she immediately 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. [ [http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2007/01/index.shtml Japan Entertainment News Archives for January 2007 ] ] [http://career.oricon.co.jp/news/50737/full/ Oricon - Japan Book Of The Year ] ]

On February 14, 2007, she released her first physical single, "Softly" under the Victor Entertainment label. [ [http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/leahdizon/ Homepage at Victor Entertainment] ] 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. [ja icon [http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2509538 ハロリア! Hello! Leah【Books】-リア ディゾン/書籍/HMV ] ] .

On May 30, 2007, Dizon released her second single Nihongo|Koi Shiyō|恋しよう♪, 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 Nihongo|"Aishiteru～ Love Story"|アイシテル～ Love Story. [http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VICL-36290 Leah Dizon / Koi Shiyo [Regular Edition ] ] The title track, "Koi Shiyō" was used in a "Lotte" TV ad [http://www.lotte.co.jp/entertainment/tvcm/0704rich/index.html] 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. [ [http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-music/pid-1004879608/ YesAsia.com: L.O.V.E U (Normal Edition) (Japan Version)] ]

Leah released her debut album "Destiny Line" on September 12, 2007. 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 Shiyō, called Koi Shiyō♪ (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 is an American like 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. [ [http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3009 Japan remakes internet drama "Prom Queen" - Tokyograph ] ]

Her fifth single, Vanilla was released on June 25, 2008. Her second album, Communication!!!, was released August 20, 2008. [ [http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VICL-62900 Communication!!! [通常盤/ リア・ディゾン ] ]

Works

Film

*Traffic in the Sky [ [http://www.acrossthestreetfilms.com/trafficintheskymovie/news.html Traffic In The Sky - News ] ] (Liane)
*The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Student, Extra)Fact|date=October 2008

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

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

Singles

=Albums=

References

ee also

*List of Race Queens

External links

* [http://leah-dizon.net/ Leah Dizon Official Homepage] ja icon
* [http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/leahdizon/ Homepage at Victor Entertainment] ja icon
* [http://www.musicnet.co.jp/whatsin/leahdizon/index.html WHAT's IN?WEB Leah Dizon Real G-ZONE]
* [http://ameblo.jp/leahdizon/ Leah Dizon Official Blog]