Liera Manuel Ivan (born 9 February 1984), professionally known by her mononym Ivan (stylized as IVAN), is a Japanese transgender model, musician, and ''
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Celebrity, Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in Media of Japan, mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in Ame ...
'' belonging to LesPros Entertainment. She underwent a
sex reassignment surgery
Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a transgender or transsexual person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender, and al ...
in Thailand.
Biography
Born in Mexico, her family moved to Nara when she was two years old. Her father is of Japanese and Spanish descent, while her mother is Mexican. She later gained Mexican nationality. In 1998, she was selected as a participant of the first Okinawa Actors School Tokyo and received singing and dancing lessons for about a year. Afterwards, she went to the United States and went to a high school in
California
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. In 2004 she was selected as a model of Paris Fashion Week and since she is active as one of the world's top fashion models. From 2007, she started her music career produced by Hakuei, the vocalist of the
Penicillin
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. However, after that, she suddenly disappeared from the dormitory of her former affiliation office due to the disagreements in the direction of the music career and financial problems. During this time, she experienced
homelessness
Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are:
* living on the streets, also kn ...
.
When she first appeared on ''Ariyoshi's Meeting for Reviewing'' (
Nippon TV
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) on 28 September 2013, she confessed that she came out as "''Onē''." Since then, she has been openly active as a
transgender
A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through ...
''
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Celebrity, Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in Media of Japan, mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in Ame ...
''.
On 12 April 2017, she experienced a severe abdominal pain, which was later diagnosed as acute
peritonitis
Peritonitis is inflammation of the localized or generalized peritoneum, the lining of the inner wall of the abdomen and cover of the abdominal organs. Symptoms may include severe pain, swelling of the abdomen, fever, or weight loss. One part or ...
and she was hospitalised.
Major appearances
TV dramas
*''Rental no Koi'' (9 Feb 2017, TBS)
*''Shark –2nd Season–'' (19 Apr 2017 –, NTV) – as Samantha
Variety
*''Sound Kids'' (Aug 2007, )
*''Indies Hot Line'' (Aug 2007,
Sky PerfecTV!
is a direct broadcast satellite
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Popeye
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;Main shows
*Number (N) Ine (Tokyo Collection)
*Roen (Tokyo Collection)
*N.Hollywood (Tokyo Collection)
*issey miyake (Tokyo Collection)
*Solid Homme (Seoul Collection)
* John Galliano ( Paris Fashion Week)
Music works
;Singles
#Love Me Tender (TMLA-0001, 25 Jul 2007)
#Darker Pink (TMLA-0002, 25 Jul 2007)
#Hikari (TMLA-0004, 24 Oct 2007)