, professionally known by the
mononym
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A mononym may be the person's only name, given to them at birth. This was routine in most ancient societies, and remains ...
is a Japanese
fashion model
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Modelling ("modeling" in American English) entails using one's body to represent someone ...
and television personality.
Life and career
Loveli was born as Izumi Shirahama on November 27, 1989, in
Matsuyama
270px, Matsuyama City Hall
270px, Ehime Prefectural Capital Building
is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, in Japan and is also Shikoku's largest city. , the city had an estimated population of 505,948 in 243,541 h ...
, Ehime, to a
Filipino mother and Japanese father.
She started her career as reporter working for
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...
in 2010.
She also worked as a yoga instructor.
She later worked as a weather forecaster for
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a sub ...
, before becoming a model for ''
JJ'' magazine in 2013.
Loveli is the elder sister of
Alan Shirahama
is a Japanese performer, actor, and DJ who is a member of Exile and also the leader of the Japanese all-male dance and music group Generations from Exile Tribe. Alan is represented with LDH.
Early life
Shirahama was born on 4 August 1993 to ...
, a member of the all-male
J-pop
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groups
Generations from Exile Tribe
Generations from Exile Tribe (Japanese: ジェネレーションズ・フロム・エグザイル・トライブ, stylized as GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE and formerly known as Generations) is a six-member Japanese dance and vocal group formed ...
and
Exile
Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...
.
References
External links
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Agency profile
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1989 births
Japanese female models
Japanese women television personalities
Japanese people of Filipino descent
People from Matsuyama, Ehime
Living people
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