Ivan (model) explained

Ivan
Birth Name:	Liera Manuel Ivan
Birth Date:	9 February 1984
Years Active:	2002–present
Height:	184.5 cm

Liera Manuel Ivan (born 9 February 1984), professionally known by her mononym Ivan (stylized as IVAN), is a Japanese transgender model, musician, and tarento belonging to LesPros Entertainment. She underwent a sex reassignment surgery in Thailand.^[1]

Biography

Born in Mexico, her family moved to Nara when she was two years old.^[2] Her father is of Japanese and Spanish descent, while her mother is Mexican.^[3] She later gained Mexican nationality.^[2] In 1998, she was selected as a participant of the first Okinawa Actors School Tokyo and received singing and dancing lessons for about a year. Afterwards, she went to the United States and went to a high school in California. In 2004 she was selected as a model of Paris Fashion Week and since she is active as one of the world's top fashion models. From 2007, she started her music career produced by Hakuei, the vocalist of the Penicillin. However, after that, she suddenly disappeared from the dormitory of her former affiliation office due to the disagreements in the direction of the music career and financial problems. During this time, she experienced homelessness.^[4]

When she first appeared on Ariyoshi's Meeting for Reviewing (Nippon TV) on 28 September 2013, she confessed that she came out as "Onē."^[4] Since then, she has been openly active as a transgender tarento.

On 12 April 2017, she experienced a severe abdominal pain, which was later diagnosed as acute peritonitis and she was hospitalised.^[5]

Major appearances

TV dramas

• Rental no Koi (9 Feb 2017, TBS)^[6]
• Shark –2nd Season– (19 Apr 2017 –, NTV)  - as Samantha

Variety

• Sound Kids (Aug 2007,)
• Indies Hot Line (Aug 2007, Sky PerfecTV! 267ch)
• Paroparo mini (Sep 2007,)
• FreePass –Ongaku Senka– (Sep 2007, TSC)
• Ariyoshi's Meeting for Reviewing (28 Sep 2013 –, NTV)  - Regular reflecting person
• Utage! (21 Apr 2014 –, TBS)
• Akashiya TV (Sep 2015 –, MBS)  - Occasional appearances
• Cream Quiz Miracle 9 (EX)  - Occasional appearances

Advertisements

• Nara Electric Co., Ltd. (Yamamoto Shōji) (1 Dec 2015 –, TVN)
• Boat Race Promotion Organisation "Dynamite Boat Race" (1 Nov 2016 –)

Stage

• Musical Rent (8 Sep – 9 Oct 2015, Theatre Creation)  - as Angel

Modelling activities

Magazines

• Men's Non-no
• smartMax
• Popeye
• Fineboys
• Esquire
• Huge
• Kera
• GQ Japan
• Gekkan Debut
• Josei Jishin

Main shows

• Number (N) Ine (Tokyo Collection)
• Roen (Tokyo Collection)
• N.Hollywood (Tokyo Collection)
• issey miyake (Tokyo Collection)
• Solid Homme (Seoul Collection)
• John Galliano (Paris Fashion Week)

Music works

Singles

1. Love Me Tender (TMLA-0001, 25 Jul 2007)
2. Darker Pink (TMLA-0002, 25 Jul 2007)
3. Hikari (TMLA-0004, 24 Oct 2007)

External links

• (Ameba Blog)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Japanese male model releases photos of transsexual operation that makes him a beauty in 13 hours. Bastille Post Global. en. 16 Mar 2018. 20 Dec 2018.
2. Web site: IVAN（アイヴァン） プロフィール. ja. N-Weed. 24 Mar 2018. 20 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180420190236/http://www.n-weed.co.jp/profile/ivan/. dead.
3. Web site: ＩＶＡＮ 性別適合手術を告白「今の（技術）すごい」. Daily Sports. ja. 10 Mar 2018. 25 Mar 2018.
4. Web site: 「狙うはオネエハーフタレント枠」"オネエすぎる一流イケメンモデル" IVANって何者!?. ja. Nikkan Cyzo. 28 Oct 2013. 25 Mar 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222033132/http://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw818869. 22 February 2014. dead.
5. Web site: IVAN、救急入院「激痛に耐えきれず・・・」. Model Press. ja. 12 Apr 2017. 25 Mar 2018.
6. Web site: 剛力彩芽、金髪ロングの原宿系でIVANとド派手2ショット「超レアです」. Model Press. ja. 1 Feb 2017. 25 Mar 2018.