Liza Kennedy (born July 5, 1989), better known by her stage name Liza (often stylized as LIZA), is a Japanese

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Early life

Liza Kennedy was born in

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, to a Japanese mother and a Scottish German father. She went to a German school in Japan. Liza's background made her trilingual (English, German and Japanese).

Career

At age 13, Liza was scouted as a model for '' JJ'' and started modeling for the magazine. After that, she became an exclusive model for the ''Oggi'' magazine. She released the first DVD, ''Liza'', on

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in 2007. As a fashion model, Liza has appeared in

Tokyo Girls Collection The , sometimes abbreviated as TGC, is a semiannual fashion festival launched in 2005. It is mainly held near Tokyo area and some local cities such as Kitakyushu, Nagoya and Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa. The fashion event showcases the seasons fas ...

in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. She has also been a

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for several television programs such as ''Terebi de Doitsugo'', ''Another Sky'' and ''Kiseki Taiken! Unbelievable''.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Liza Japanese female models Japanese people of Scottish descent Models from Tokyo 1989 births Living people