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Leah Dizon (リア・ディゾン, Ria Dizon, born Leah Donna Dizon on September 24, 1986) is a television talent, model, 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.

Profile
Name: Leah Dizon
Birth name: Leah Donna Dizon
Born: September 24, 1986 (1986-09-24) (age 22)
Origin: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Genre(s): J-pop
Occupation(s): Model, singer
Years active: 2006–present
Label(s): Victor Entertainment

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, and posed for the cover features of various magazines as an import model. 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 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 "Aishiteru～ Love Story" (アイシテル～ Love Story). Koi Shiyō 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 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 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
While on her "Communication!!!" tour in October 2008, Dizon announced that she was pregnant and married to a Japanese stylist.

The couple had their first child, Mila, on April 24, 2009. Dizon has stated that she hopes to make a return to the entertainment industry.

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)
Released: October 5, 2006
Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: n/a
From Album: Non-Album single
 n/a
Softly Debut/1st single
Released: February 14, 2007
Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: 7
From Album: Destiny Line
 48,554
copies sold
(upd 6/21/07)
Koi Shiyō♪ (恋しよう♪) 2nd single
Released: May 30, 2007
Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: 7
From Album: Destiny Line
 49,251
copies sold
(upd 8/25/07)
L・O・V・E U [14] 3rd single
Released: August 8, 2007
Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: 14
From Album: Destiny Line
 16,240
copies sold
(upd 8/21/07)
Love Paradox 4th single
Released: March 26, 2008
Oricon Top 20 Weekly Peak: 15
From Album: Communication!!!
 10,998
copies sold
 
Vanilla 5th single
Released: June 25, 2008
Oricon Top 30 Weekly Peak: 26
From Album: Communication!!!
 8,312
copies sold
 

Albums
Album information Copies Sold
Destiny Line
1st Album
Released: September 12, 2007
Oricon top 200 position: #9
 55,091
Communication!!!
2nd Album
Released: August 20, 2008
Oricon top 200 position: #16
 13,533