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'''Leah Dizon''' (リア・ディゾン) is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] singer under the [[Victor Entertainment Inc.|Victor]] record label, model, [[gravure]] [[idol]], and [[race queen]] from Las Vegas, Nevada. She successfully debuted in Japan with the release of her first photo book "Petite Amie" that sold over 200,000 copies in 2006. She made her singing debut with her first digital single titled [[Fever|FEVER]], a cover of [[Wikipedia:Kylie Minogue|Kylie Minogue]]'s song of the same name, and officially debuted in 2007 with her first single [[Softly]]. Dizon's most successful single is [[Koi Shiyou|Koi Shiyou♪]] which she performed at [[Kouhaku Uta Gassen]] in 2007, and in 2008 she was recently involved in a scandal over her sudden pregnancy and engagement with a Japanese stylist named "BUN".
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'''Leah Dizon''' (リア・ディゾン) is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] singer under the [[Victor Entertainment Inc.]] record label, model, [[gravure]] [[idol]], and [[race queen]] from Las Vegas, Nevada. She successfully debuted in Japan with the release of her first photo book "Petite Amie" that sold over 200,000 copies in 2006. She made her singing debut with her first digital single titled "[[Fever|FEVER]]", a cover of [[Wikipedia:Kylie Minogue|Kylie Minogue]]'s song of the same name, and officially debuted in 2007 with her first single "[[Softly]]". Dizon's most successful single was "[[Koi Shiyou|Koi Shiyou♪]]" which she performed at ''[[Kouhaku Uta Gassen]]'' in 2007.
  
 
==Profile==
 
==Profile==
* '''Name:''' Leah Donna Dizon (リア・ドナ・ディゾン)
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* '''Stage Name:''' Leah Dizon (リア・ディゾン)
* '''Stage name:''' Leah Dizon (リア・ディゾン)
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* '''Birth Name:''' Leah Donna Dizon (リア・ドナ・ディゾン)
* '''Birth date:''' 1986.09.24
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* '''Date of Birth:''' {{bda|1986|09|24|mf=yes}}
* '''Birth place:''' Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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* '''Place of Birth:''' [[wikipedia:Las Vegas|Las Vegas]], [[wikipedia:Nevada|Nevada]], [[wikipedia:United States|United States]]
 
* '''[[Blood Type]]:''' O
 
* '''[[Blood Type]]:''' O
* '''Height:''' 167 cm
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* '''Labels:'''
* '''Weight:''' 52 kg
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** [[Victor Entertainment]] (2007-2008)
* '''Bra Size:''' C
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** [[TOKYO RABBIT RECORDS]] (2019-present)
* '''Shoe Size:''' 24 cm
 
* '''Nationality:''' American
 
* '''Languages:''' English, Moderate Japanese
 
* '''Skills/ Hobbies:''' Singing, Dancing, Shopping, Painting, Tennis, Badminton
 
* '''Favorite Foods:''' [[Wikipedia:Pho|Phở]], [[Wikipedia:Mcdonalds|McDonald's]], [[Wikipedia:Shabu_shabu|Shabu-shabu]], [[Wikipedia:Yakiniku|Yakiniku]]
 
* '''Favorite Books:''' [[Wikipedia:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye|The Catcher in the Rye]], [[Wikipedia:The_Kitchen_God's_Wife|The Kitchen God's Wife]], [[Wikipedia:Harry_potter|Harry Potter]], [[Wikipedia:Memoirs_of_a_geisha|Memoirs of a Geisha]], [[Wikipedia:Of_mice_and_men|Of Mice and Men]], [[Wikipedia:Slaughterhouse-Five|Slaughterhouse-Five]], [[Wikipedia:The_virgin_suicides|The Virgin Suicides]]
 
* '''Favorite Musicians:''' [[Amuro Namie]], [[B'z]], [[Wikipedia:Cassie_(singer)|Cassie]], [[Wikipedia:Deftones|Deftones]], [[GLAY]], [[Hamasaki Ayumi]], [[Kanzaki Keishi]], [[Wikipedia:Korn|Korn]], [[Moriyama Naotaro]], [[Wikipedia:Nirvana_(band)|Nirvana]], [[Wikipedia:Red Hot Chili Peppers|Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Shiina Ringo]], [[Wikipedia:The_Smashing_Pumpkins|The Smashing Pumpkins]], [[Utada Hikaru]], [[X JAPAN]]
 
  
 
==Information==
 
==Information==
[[Image:Petiteamie.png|right|200px|thumb|Leah Dizon modeling in "Petite Amie" (2006)]]
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Leah Dizon was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the fourth of six children. Her father was a Chinese-Filipino pastor and her mother was a French-American casino director. She has four brothers and one sister, and is extremely close to her brother Brad. When she was at High School, she considered herself a loner and did not have many friends.
[[Image:Helloleah.png|right|200px|thumb|Leah Dizon modeling in "Hello Leah!" (2007)]]
 
[[Image:Pureleah.png|right|200px|thumb|Leah Dizon modeling in "Pure Leah!" (2008)]]
 
  
Leah Dizon was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the fourth child of seven siblings. Her father was a Chinese-Filipino pastor and her mother was a French-American casino director. She has four brothers and one sister, and is extremely close to her brother Brad. When she was at High School, she considered herself a loner and did not have many friends.
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Upon graduation from high school, she moved to Los Angeles and did various types of work, such as working in a go go bar, posing as a lingerie model, being a race queen and an event companion. Dizon managed to attend film school for a year. She even set up her own website in 2005 (leahdizon.com, now redirected to her official Japanese site), attracting a lot of traffic, especially from Japan. She started to mail Japanese entertainment companies, in hope of making a break there. Her demo tape featured a recording of [[Amuro Namie]]'s "[[I Will (Amuro Namie)|I WILL]]". In spring 2006 she was signed to [[Sky Corporation]] talent agency. When she traveled to Japan in April 2006, she only had $200USD with her.
  
She originally wanted to go to University after High School, but could not save up enough money. Instead, she moved to Los Angeles and did various types of work, such as working in a go go bar, posing as a lingerie model, being a race queen and an event companion. She even set up her own website in 2005 (leahdizon.com, now redirected to her official Japanese site), attracting a lot of traffic (especially from Japan). She started to mail Japanese entertainment companies, in hope of making a break there. Her demo tape featured a recording of [[Amuro Namie]]'s [[I Will (Amuro Namie)|I WILL]]. In spring 2006 she was signed to [[Sky Corporation]] talent agency. When she travelled to Japan in April 2006, she only had $200US with her.
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She started writing a blog about her experiences in July 2006, in both Japanese and English. In October she released her first photobook, titled "Petite Amie", as well as her first musical release, the digital single "[[Fever (Leah Dizon)|FEVER]]", a cover of [[Wikipedia:Kylie Minogue|Kylie Minogue]]'s song of the same name. "Petite Amie" was a smash hit photobook, selling over 200,000 copies and becoming one of the most sold photobooks of the year.
  
She started writing a blog about her experiences in July 2006, in both Japanese and English. In October she released her first photobook, called [[Petite Amie|Petite Amie]], as well as her first musical release: [[Fever (Leah Dizon)|FEVER]], a cover of the [[Wikipedia:Kylie Minogue|Kylie Minogue]] song of the same name. Petite Amie was a smash hit photbook, selling over 200,000 copies and becoming one of the most sold photobooks of the year.
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From February 1 2007, Leah Dizon auctioned off some valentine's day chocolates for a charity cause. By the 6th, the chocolates were selling for ¥900,000, and by the end date of the auction managed to rack up a final bid of ¥8,421,000. On Valentines day, Dizon debuted with her first single, "[[Softly]]". It was a ballad, however the single's more up-tempo B-side "[[Everything Anything]]" also received a music video. Both were shot when Dizon traveled to Australia in November 2006. The single eventually reached #7 on Oricon charts. Dizon's second single, "[[Koi Shiyou|Koi Shiyou♪]]", was released in May. It was an upbeat J-Pop-style dance song, and reached #7 on the charts as well (though eventually outsold "Softly").
  
From February 1 2007, Leah Dizon auctioned off some valentine's day chocolates for a charity cause. By the 6th, the cohocolated were selling for ¥900,000, and by the end date of the auction managed to rack up a final bid of ¥8,421,000. On Valentines day, Dizon debuted with her first single, [[Softly]]. It was a ballad, however the single's more up-tempo B-side [[Everything Anything]] also received a music video. Both were shot when Dizon travelled to Australia in November 2006. The single eventually reached #7 on Oricon charts. Dizon's second single, [[Koi Shiyou|Koi Shiyou♪]], was released in May. It was an upbeat J-Pop-style dance song, and reached #7 on the charts as well (though eventually outsold Softly).
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Dizon started to collaborate with famed photographer [[Leslie Kee]], who shot the cover shoot for her third single "[[Love U|L·O·V·E U]]", as well as later on shooting for her "HEAVEN" photobook and 2008 calendar. "L·O·V·E U" preceded her debut album, ''[[Destiny Line]]'', by only a few weeks, and hence was a lot less successful than her other singles. Her debut album, showing Dizon with a more conservative image, peaked at #9.
  
Dizon started to collaborate with famed photographer [[Leslie Kee]], who shot the cover shoot for her third single [[L.O.V.E U|L·O·V·E U]], as well as later on shooting for her HEAVEN photobook and 2008 calendar. L·O·V·E U preceded her debut album, [[Destiny Line]], by only a few weeks, and hence was a lot less successful than her other singles. Her debut album, showing Dizon with a more conservative image, peaked at #9.
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Dizon held her first live in November, and later performed at ''[[Kouhaku Uta Gassen]]'' in December. Her next single, "[[Love Paradox]]", was released on the same day that her first overseas live in Taiwan was staged.  
  
Dizon held her first live in November, and later performed at [[Kouhaku Uta Gassen]] in December. Her new single, [[Love Paradox]], will be released on the same day that her first overseas live in Taiwan will be staged.
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In 2008, Leah Dizon tearfully announced at her concert that she was going to marry a Japanese hair stylist and was going on a break due to being pregnant. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Mila (美蘭), on April 24, 2009. Later in October 2010, she and her husband had separated and Dizon filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized in December 2010 and Leah was granted full custody of Mila. She and Mila currently live in New York City. Leah has stated that she plans to return to work in Japan someday.
 
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[[Image:Petiteamie.png|right|200px|thumb|Leah Dizon modeling in "Petite Amie" (2006)]]
In 2008, Leah Dizon would tearfully announced at her concert that she was going to marry a Japanese hair stylist and was going on a break due to being pregnant. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on April 24, 2009.
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[[Image:Helloleah.png|right|200px|thumb|Leah Dizon modeling in "Hello Leah!" (2007)]]
 
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[[Image:Pureleah.png|right|200px|thumb|Leah Dizon modeling in "Pure Leah!" (2008)]]
==Trivia==
 
* Dizon spoke a little bit of [[Wikipedia:Tagalog|Tagalog]] when she was a child.
 
* [[Utada Hikaru]] is a big fan of Dizon and gave her song [[Kiss & Cry]] the tentative title "Dancing Leah".
 
* Leah Dizon's brother Brad Dizon is the vocalist/ guitarist of a band called "Before You Fall". Videos of him singing can be seen on [[Wikipedia:Youtube|Youtube]], and he also helped Dizon compose her song [[Again and Again]] when he visited her in Tokyo in May 2007.
 
* Dizon has a pet hamster called "Hamuchan" and a pet cat named "Holden".
 
* Being a [[gravure]] model to Dizon is a means to and end because she prefers to be a singer.
 
* Dizon co-writes her own lyrics, but wants to start composing her own music.
 
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==Discography==
 
==Discography==
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* [2007.09.12] [[Destiny Line]]
 
* [2007.09.12] [[Destiny Line]]
 
* [2008.09.12] [[Communication!!!]]
 
* [2008.09.12] [[Communication!!!]]
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===Mini-Albums===
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* [2019.07.24] [[For The World|FOR THE WORLD]]
  
 
===Singles===
 
===Singles===
 
 
* [2007.02.14] [[Softly]]
 
* [2007.02.14] [[Softly]]
 
* [2007.05.30] [[Koi Shiyou|Koi Shiyou♪]] (恋しよう♪; ''Let's Love'')
 
* [2007.05.30] [[Koi Shiyou|Koi Shiyou♪]] (恋しよう♪; ''Let's Love'')
* [2007.08.08] [[L.O.V.E U|L·O·V·E U]]
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* [2007.08.08] [[Love U|L·O·V·E U]]
 
* [2008.03.26] [[Love Paradox]]
 
* [2008.03.26] [[Love Paradox]]
 
* [2008.06.25] [[Vanilla (Leah Dizon)|Vanilla]]
 
* [2008.06.25] [[Vanilla (Leah Dizon)|Vanilla]]
  
 
===Digital Singles===
 
===Digital Singles===
* [2006.10.05] [[Fever|FEVER]]
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* [2006.10.05] [[Fever (Leah Dizon)|FEVER]]
 
* [2007.07.25] [[Koi Shiyou|Koi Shiyou♪ ~yasutaka nakata-capsule mix~]] (恋しよう♪; ''Let's Love'')
 
* [2007.07.25] [[Koi Shiyou|Koi Shiyou♪ ~yasutaka nakata-capsule mix~]] (恋しよう♪; ''Let's Love'')
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* [2019.07.17] [[For The World (Leah Dizon song)|FOR THE WORLD]]
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* [2020.03.27] [[Only You (Leah Dizon)|ONLY YOU]]
  
===Soundtracks/ Other===
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===Video Releases===
* [2008.09.24] [[The Victor Recordings (1999 - 2008)]] (''#27 [[Softly]]'')
 
* [2009.02.25] [[J-Pop Driving Non-Stop Mix By DJ Ken Ichiro ]] (''#4 [[L.O.V.E U|L·O·V·E U]]'')
 
* [2009.08.19] [[Katamari Damacy Tribute OST: Katamari Takeshi]] (''Disc 2 #3 Everlasting Love + You'')
 
 
 
==Works==
 
===Film===
 
* [2007.4.25] [[Traffic in the Sky]] (トラフィック・イン・ザ・スカイ)
 
 
 
===DVD's===
 
 
* [2007.07.27] [[Leah Dizon in USA|LEAH DIZON in USA]]
 
* [2007.07.27] [[Leah Dizon in USA|LEAH DIZON in USA]]
 
* [2007.11.02] [[Leah Dizon in USA|LEAH DIZON in USA Premium Edition EXPOSED]]
 
* [2007.11.02] [[Leah Dizon in USA|LEAH DIZON in USA Premium Edition EXPOSED]]
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* [2009.09.25] [[Memo Leah!]]
 
* [2009.09.25] [[Memo Leah!]]
  
===Photobooks===
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===Compilations / Other===
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* [2009.08.19] [[Katamari Damacy Tribute OST: Katamari Takeshi]] (''Disc 2 #3 Everlasting Love + You'')
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* [2013.11.20] [[m.c.A T]] - [[Bomb A Head! Seitan 20 Shunen Kinen Ban ~Arigato Hen~]] (#1 ''Bomb A Head! (Samurai&Dragons Ver.) feat. '''Leah Dizon''''')
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* [2014.08.06] [[DJ CATCHER]] - [[Party Up !!|PARTY UP !!]] (#14 ''Koi Shiyou♪ ~yasutaka nakata-capsule mix~'' / '''Leah Dizon''')
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==Photobooks==
 
[[Image:Petiteamiecover.png|100px|Petite Amie]]
 
[[Image:Petiteamiecover.png|100px|Petite Amie]]
 
[[Image:Helloleahcover.png|100px|Hello Leah!]]
 
[[Image:Helloleahcover.png|100px|Hello Leah!]]
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[[Image:HEAVEN (Leah Dizon).jpg|100px|HEAVEN]]
 
[[Image:Pureleahcover.png|100px|Pure Leah!]]
 
[[Image:Pureleahcover.png|100px|Pure Leah!]]
 
* [2006.10.01] Petite Amie
 
* [2006.10.01] Petite Amie
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* [2007.10.05] HEAVEN
 
* [2007.10.05] HEAVEN
 
* [2008.03.26] Pure Leah! (ピュアリア!)
 
* [2008.03.26] Pure Leah! (ピュアリア!)
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==Filmography==
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===Movies===
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* [2007.40.25] [[Traffic in the Sky]]
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* [2011.90.07] [[KIBA: Ankoku Kishi Gaiden]]
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==Trivia==
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* She co-writes her own lyrics, but wanted to start composing her own music.
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* Dizon spoke a little bit of [[Wikipedia:Tagalog|Tagalog]] when she was a child.
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* [[Utada Hikaru]] was a fan of Dizon and gave her song "[[Kiss & Cry]]" the tentative title "Dancing Leah".
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* Her brother Brad Dizon was the vocalist/guitarist of the amateur band called Before You Fall. He helped Dizon compose her song "[[Again and Again]]" when he visited her in Tokyo in May 2007.
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* Bra Size: C
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* Shoe Size: 24cm
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* Languages: English, Basic Japanese
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* Skills/ Hobbies: Singing, Dancing, Shopping, Painting, Tennis, Badminton
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* Favorite Musicians: [[Amuro Namie]], [[B'z]], [[Wikipedia:Cassie_(singer)|Cassie]], [[Wikipedia:Deftones|Deftones]], [[GLAY]], [[Hamasaki Ayumi]], [[Kanzaki Keishi]], [[Wikipedia:Korn|Korn]], [[Moriyama Naotaro]], [[Wikipedia:Nirvana_(band)|Nirvana]], [[Wikipedia:Red Hot Chili Peppers|Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Shiina Ringo]], [[Wikipedia:The_Smashing_Pumpkins|The Smashing Pumpkins]], [[Utada Hikaru]], [[X JAPAN]]
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* Favorite Books: [[Wikipedia:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye|The Catcher in the Rye]], [[Wikipedia:The_Kitchen_God's_Wife|The Kitchen God's Wife]], [[Wikipedia:Harry_potter|Harry Potter]], [[Wikipedia:Memoirs_of_a_geisha|Memoirs of a Geisha]], [[Wikipedia:Of_mice_and_men|Of Mice and Men]], [[Wikipedia:Slaughterhouse-Five|Slaughterhouse-Five]], [[Wikipedia:The_virgin_suicides|The Virgin Suicides]]
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* Favorite Foods: [[Wikipedia:Pho|Phở]], [[Wikipedia:Mcdonalds|McDonald's]], [[Wikipedia:Shabu_shabu|Shabu-shabu]], [[Wikipedia:Yakiniku|Yakiniku]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
* [http://leah-dizon.net/ Official Website]  
 
* [http://leah-dizon.net/ Official Website]  
* [http://jvcmusic.co.jp/leahdizon/ Official Record Label Website]  
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* [http://jvcmusic.co.jp/leahdizon/ JVC Official Profile]  
 
* [http://ameblo.jp/leahdizon/ Official Blog]  
 
* [http://ameblo.jp/leahdizon/ Official Blog]  
* [http://twitter.com/leahdonnadizon1 Official Twitter]
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* [http://www.instagram.com/leahdesu/?hl=ja Official Instagram]
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/413409/ Oricon Profile]
 
* [http://leahdizon.0rg.fr/ Leah Dizon Online] (Fansite)
 
 
 
  
 
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Leah Dizon (2012)

Leah Dizon (リア・ディゾン) is a Japanese pop singer under the Victor Entertainment Inc. record label, model, gravure idol, and race queen from Las Vegas, Nevada. She successfully debuted in Japan with the release of her first photo book "Petite Amie" that sold over 200,000 copies in 2006. She made her singing debut with her first digital single titled "FEVER", a cover of Kylie Minogue's song of the same name, and officially debuted in 2007 with her first single "Softly". Dizon's most successful single was "Koi Shiyou♪" which she performed at Kouhaku Uta Gassen in 2007.

Profile

Information

Leah Dizon was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the fourth of six children. Her father was a Chinese-Filipino pastor and her mother was a French-American casino director. She has four brothers and one sister, and is extremely close to her brother Brad. When she was at High School, she considered herself a loner and did not have many friends.

Upon graduation from high school, she moved to Los Angeles and did various types of work, such as working in a go go bar, posing as a lingerie model, being a race queen and an event companion. Dizon managed to attend film school for a year. She even set up her own website in 2005 (leahdizon.com, now redirected to her official Japanese site), attracting a lot of traffic, especially from Japan. She started to mail Japanese entertainment companies, in hope of making a break there. Her demo tape featured a recording of Amuro Namie's "I WILL". In spring 2006 she was signed to Sky Corporation talent agency. When she traveled to Japan in April 2006, she only had $200USD with her.

She started writing a blog about her experiences in July 2006, in both Japanese and English. In October she released her first photobook, titled "Petite Amie", as well as her first musical release, the digital single "FEVER", a cover of Kylie Minogue's song of the same name. "Petite Amie" was a smash hit photobook, selling over 200,000 copies and becoming one of the most sold photobooks of the year.

From February 1 2007, Leah Dizon auctioned off some valentine's day chocolates for a charity cause. By the 6th, the chocolates were selling for ¥900,000, and by the end date of the auction managed to rack up a final bid of ¥8,421,000. On Valentines day, Dizon debuted with her first single, "Softly". It was a ballad, however the single's more up-tempo B-side "Everything Anything" also received a music video. Both were shot when Dizon traveled to Australia in November 2006. The single eventually reached #7 on Oricon charts. Dizon's second single, "Koi Shiyou♪", was released in May. It was an upbeat J-Pop-style dance song, and reached #7 on the charts as well (though eventually outsold "Softly").

Dizon started to collaborate with famed photographer Leslie Kee, who shot the cover shoot for her third single "L·O·V·E U", as well as later on shooting for her "HEAVEN" photobook and 2008 calendar. "L·O·V·E U" preceded her debut album, Destiny Line, by only a few weeks, and hence was a lot less successful than her other singles. Her debut album, showing Dizon with a more conservative image, peaked at #9.

Dizon held her first live in November, and later performed at Kouhaku Uta Gassen in December. Her next single, "Love Paradox", was released on the same day that her first overseas live in Taiwan was staged.

In 2008, Leah Dizon tearfully announced at her concert that she was going to marry a Japanese hair stylist and was going on a break due to being pregnant. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Mila (美蘭), on April 24, 2009. Later in October 2010, she and her husband had separated and Dizon filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized in December 2010 and Leah was granted full custody of Mila. She and Mila currently live in New York City. Leah has stated that she plans to return to work in Japan someday.

Leah Dizon modeling in "Petite Amie" (2006)
Leah Dizon modeling in "Hello Leah!" (2007)
Leah Dizon modeling in "Pure Leah!" (2008)

Discography

Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Video Releases

Compilations / Other

Photobooks

Petite Amie Hello Leah! HEAVEN Pure Leah!

  • [2006.10.01] Petite Amie
  • [2007.02.14] Hello Leah! (ハロリア!)
  • [2007.10.05] HEAVEN
  • [2008.03.26] Pure Leah! (ピュアリア!)

Filmography

Movies

Trivia

External Links