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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'' belonging to LesPros Entertainment. She underwent a

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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

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. In 2004 she was selected as a model of

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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

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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

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. When she first appeared on ''Ariyoshi's Meeting for Reviewing'' (

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) on 28 September 2013, she confessed that she

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as "''Onē''." Since then, she has been openly active as a

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''. On 12 April 2017, she experienced a severe abdominal pain, which was later diagnosed as acute

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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,

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267ch) *''Paroparo mini'' (Sep 2007, ) *''FreePass –Ongaku Senka–'' (Sep 2007, TSC) *''Ariyoshi's Meeting for Reviewing'' (28 Sep 2013 –, NTV) – Regular reflecting person *''Utage!'' (21 Apr 2014 –, TBS) *''Akashiya TV'' (Sep 2015 –,

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) – Occasional appearances *''Cream Quiz Miracle 9'' (EX) – Occasional appearances

*Nara Electric Co., Ltd. (Yamamoto Shōji) (1 Dec 2015 –, TVN) *Boat Race Promotion Organisation "Dynamite Boat Race" (1 Nov 2016 –)

Stage

*Musical ''

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'' (8 Sep – 9 Oct 2015, Theatre Creation) – as Angel

Modelling activities

;Magazines *''

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'' *''smartMax'' *''

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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) *

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Music works

;Singles #Love Me Tender (TMLA-0001, 25 Jul 2007) #Darker Pink (TMLA-0002, 25 Jul 2007) #Hikari (TMLA-0004, 24 Oct 2007)

References

External links

* () * (Ameba Blog) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivan Japanese female models Transgender female models Mexican people of Japanese descent Models from Nara Prefecture Singers from Nara Prefecture 1984 births Living people 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers