Chen Yi (born May 13, 1987), better known as Rola Chen, is a Chinese model and actress who works in Japan.
Biography
Early life
While in middle school, she was nicknamed "Flower" (花). According to Chen, in
China, the most beautiful girl in a school earns this title. She describes herself as a hardcore
narcissist
Narcissism is a self-centered personality style characterized as having an excessive interest in one's physical appearance or image and an excessive preoccupation with one's own needs, often at the expense of others.
Narcissism exists on a co ...
, as she photographs herself at least 100 times within a day by using her own digital camera, while she often
ntentionallymocks herself (especially on her blog) even using vulgar words.
Career
Rola participated in the
Super Girl show and made it into the top 50, being discovered by a music producer from Japan. After a visit to Japan in October 2006, she made her debut in May 2007.
She has appeared in over 36 television programs, over 30 magazines, two radio programs, one
television drama
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
, one television commercial (for a
canned coffee
is a pre-brewed version of the beverage, sold ready to drink. It is particularly popular in Japan, South Korea, and elsewhere across Asia, and produced in a number of styles and by a large number of companies. Canned coffee is available in supe ...
brand product of
Asahi Soft Drinks) and released a photo book titled ''Rola♥Rola''.
Her current noted works include her appearance in the 2008-launched
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestri ...
educational program "Chinese
anguageon TV", where she has appeared as the host alongside
Eiko Koike (as the student role) since March 31, 2008.
中国人グラドルのローラ・チャン ＮＨＫ中国語に登場
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References
External links
Her agency's Official pageOfficial blog
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1987 births
Living people
Actresses from Hangzhou
Actresses from Zhejiang
Chinese emigrants to Japan
Chinese expatriates in Japan
Japanese gravure models