born and raised in
Las Vegas
,
Nevada
. Her ethnicities include Chinese, Filipino and French. In 2006, she
moved to Tokyo, Japan after signing with a Japanese talent agency and made her singing
debut under Victor Entertainment with a download exclusive song, "Fever", a cover of
Kylie Minogue's hit song.
Career
 While attending college as a film major,
Dizon landed a phone company
advertisement and posed for the cover
features of various import-car magazines.
This garnered her much attention and a
fanbase overseas, predominantly in East
Asia. One year after her pictures were
posted up on the internet, she had over 2
million hits from search engines. In April
2006, Dizon sent a demo tape with
photographs of herself to a Japanese talent
agency. After being offered a contract she
moved to Tokyo. In October 2006, she
released her first photobook titled Petite Amie (Girlfriend in French), which was ranked as
the third best-selling photobook of 2006 and 2007.
 On February 14, 2007, she released her
first physical single, "Softly" under the
Victor Entertainment label. It peaked at
number #7 in the Oricon Weekly Chart. On
the same day, she also released her
second photobook titled Hello! Leah, which
was ranked as the second best-selling
photobook of 2007.
On May 30, 2007, Dizon released her
second single "Koi Shiyō", which also
peaked at #7 on the Oricon Weekly Chart.
The title track is described as a 'grooving,
up-tempo dance song' and the single features 2 B-sides: "Could you be that one?" and "Ai
xxx eru Love Story" (Love Story ?). Koi Shiyō was used in a Lotte TV ad, while "Could you
be that one?" was used in a PlayStation 3 Ninja Gaiden Sigma TV ad, with Dizon starring
in both commercials.
Her third single entitled "LOVE U" was released on August 8, 2007.
On September 12, 2007, Dizon released her debut album, Destiny Line. The CD+DVD
Edition contains 14 tracks, 10 of which were penned by Leah herself the single PVs as well
as a special album PV "Again and Again". The CD Only Edition contains the digitally-
released remix of "Koi Shiyō", called "Koi Shiyō (Yasutaka Nakata-Capsule Mix)".
   
Leah Dizon's third photobook titled Heaven, was released October 5, 2007. It includes a
DVD.
Dizon released her fourth single entitled "Love Paradox" on March 26, 2008. The title track
resembles a Westernized urban song, and the B-side "Under the same sky" is a mid-
tempo ballad. The same day, she also released her fourth photobook, "Pure Leah."
On April 18 it was announced that Leah's song, "Under the Same Sky", will be used as the
theme song for the Japanese drama, Tokyo Prom Queen. Leah will also make a guest
appearance on the show as Naomi, the prom queen from the previous year.
Her fifth single, "Vanilla", was released on June 25, 2008. Her second album,
Communication!!!, was released August 20, 2008.
Dizon's first concert DVD, LIVE Communication!!! was released on December 10, 2008.
The DVD features live performances of songs from both her albums. From>
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