, also known as Arisa Yagi, is a Japanese actress and model associated with

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From 2008 to 2012, Yagi was an exclusive model for the

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fashion magazine '' Nicola''. Since 2012, she modeled exclusively for the magazine '' Vivi'', and in 2014, she made her acting debut as Megumi Kitagawa in the live-action film adaptation of '' Say I Love You''.

Career

Yagi was scouted at Actors Studio in

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Headquarters School recital and was set to debut in the

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Teardrops but left in October 2006. She auditioned for Lyra in the Japanese dub of ''

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'' and became a finalist in the competition, which led her to be scouted by '' Nicola''. She modeled exclusively for the magazine beginning in the February 2008 issue and graduated in 2012 at the nicola Tokyo Open Day 2012. She first appeared in '' ViVi'' in October 2011 in the December issue. Beginning in 2012, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine '' Vivi''. In 2014, Yagi appeared on the South Korean reality show '' We Got Married: Global Edition'', where she was paired with

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. Later in October, she modeled at the A-Nation and Girls Award Island Collection collaboration concert event in Singapore and Super Girls Expo in Taiwan. In 2015, she modeled at Tokyo Runway 2015 Spring/Summer, and

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2015 Spring/Summer. She had her first solo cover in the March 2016 version of ''ViVi'' released on January 23, 2016. Yagi modeled at the

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2016 Autumn/Winter show. On August 20, Yagi released her first photobook, ''Yagi Magazine''. In 2018, Yagi modeled at the

2018 Autumn/Winter show. In 2019, Yagi modeled at the

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Girls Award 2019 Spring/Summer show. She has also been the model spokesperson for fashion and make-up brands such as

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, Candy Stripper, and Canmake. In November 2020, one of her costars in the musical "RENT" contracted

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, and Yagi also tested positive. A total of 21 people involved in the musical tested positive, so all performances were cancelled. On December 1, she announced on her Instagram that she would be returning to work after her recuperation period. She contracted COVID-19 for the second time on January 31, 2022. Yagi graduated from ViVi with the February 2022 issue. In May 2022, a collaboration item with lingerie brand bijorie was released.

Personal life

Yagi was born on July 31, 1995, in

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to a French father and a Japanese mother. She is an only child. She is fluent in English and Japanese but has also studied Korean and Chinese. When she was in elementary school, she lived in

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and

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Publications

Photo books

Filmography

Music video

Television

Film

References

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