is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Her song "Sabrina" was used as the third ending song of the

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television series '' Toriko'' and her song "Silly" was used as the theme song for the television adaption of popular novel "Nのために" ("For N").

Biography

Ieiri was born in Kurume and grew up in

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. She wanted to be a singer at the age of 13 and came to study under presided over by record producer Yoshihiko Nishio. Her stage name comes from the movie '' Léon: The Professional'', and also comes from Leo of ''

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'' because her eyes resemble a lion. In the spring of 2011, she left home and went to Tokyo alone, leaving her parents. She continued doing musical activities while going to the high school in Tokyo and made her debut on 15 February 2012. On 18 February 2014, a music video for the song "A Boy", which has an animated part made by

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, features an anime version of the singer (based on Kimba and modeled after the singer) which meets other characters from the

series. She sung the theme song for the Japanese version of

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called "Brand New Tomorrow".

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

Singles

Promotional singles

Video albums

Filmography

Awards

Japan Record Awards

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, rowspan=2, Leo Ieiri , New Artist Award , , - , Best New Artist Award , , - , rowspan=2,

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, rowspan=2, Leo Ieiri , Excellent Music Award , , - , Grand Prix ,

Mnet Asian Music Awards

The

Mnet Asian Music Awards The MAMA Awards (, formerly Mnet Asian Music Awards) is a major Music award, music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ ENM. First held in South Korea, the majority of prizes have been won by K-pop artists, although ...

is a major annual Korean Awards ceremony. , - , rowspan=1, 2014 , rowspan=1, Leo Ieiri , Asian Artist of the Year in Japan ,

Space Shower Music Awards

, - , rowspan=1, 2016 , rowspan=1, Leo Ieiri , Best Female Artist ,

Television Drama Academy Awards

, - , rowspan=1, 2015 , rowspan=1, Kimi ga Kureta Natsu , Best Theme song , , - , 2014 , Silly , Best Theme song ,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ieiri, Leo 1994 births Living people Musicians from Kurume Japanese women pop singers Japanese women singer-songwriters Singers from Fukuoka Prefecture Ken-On artists 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singer-songwriters