Wei Son

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Wei Son
Born (1989-10-13) October 13, 1989 (age 34)
Fashion model
Modeling information
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]

Wei Son (孫 暐, Son Ii, born October 13, 1989) is a Japanese

Roman script, including Ii Son,[4] Wei Sun,[5] and Wei Son.[6]

Early life

According to her official profile, Son was born in

Chinese nationality,[7] however she herself has stated on multiple occasions that she was born in Dalian, China and lived there until she was 5 years old before immigrating to Niigata and growing up in Saitama.[8] She became a full-time model at the age of 17.[9]

Modeling

She first appeared in the Popteen magazine in May 2007 and was first on its cover in March 2008.[7]

In April 2010 when Popteen's "older sister" magazine

Shanghai World Expo, specifically its event promoting the gyaru culture and various gyaru-brands, as a representative of the gyaru scene along with eight other Japanese models related to the Popteen magazine.[11]
Being very active in the
printclub machines.[12] She also starred in the music video for Rake's 2010 song "All I Need Is...".[13]

PopSister ceased publication in September 2011. She had since appeared on various fashion magazines including the 250,000-selling Blenda magazine, and she began appearing regularly on Blenda as the youngest one of its faces in April 2012.[14]

On TV

Son has been appearing regularly on

MTV Video Music Awards Japan" as its main host, in which her episodic friendship with the US diva Lady Gaga was later reported.[3]

Music

She made her singing debut in early 2009 when she released her first single "

BMG Japan.[22] Officially released on February 25, 2009,[23] "Sweet Song" hit the top spots of several singles and club charts such as the Dwango chart and Club Atom chart.[7] It appeared on the Oricon singles chart 3 times, peaking at #47.[24]

Family

Wei has a fraternal twin sister named Kyo, i.e. Kyo Son (孫 きょう, Son Kyou).[25] Kyo, who became a mother of a boy in October 2009, is also a model best known for appearing in popular gyaru-mama magazine "I Love Mama".[26] Wei made an appearance with Kyo in the Blenda magazine June 2013 issue, and it was her first magazine appearance with the sister.[27]

References

  1. ^ a b "SK-visiting famous model 'Wei Son' gives instruction on the essence of gyaru make-up", 8 February 2011, The Daily Sports Seoul (in Korean)
  2. ^ ""Popular model from Popteen, 'Wei Son', debuts as a singer, 26 December 2008, Livedoor News (in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b "Popular model: 'It's my lifetime treasure', Wei Son hugged by and photographed with Lady Gaga", 27 June 2011, Model Press (in Japanese)
  4. ^ Official blog (in Japanese)
  5. ^ Official Twitter (in Japanese) or Official profile by the LesPros modeling agency (in Japanese) or "Person Information: Sun Wei", Naver Person Search (in Japanese)
  6. ^ "That Mysterious Popular Singer Was In Fact, 'Wei Son'", December 26, 2008, Barks (in Japanese) or "Model: Son Wei", November 2011, Girls Award by CROOZ blog 2011 Autumn/Winter (in Japanese) or in her ad campaign picture for contact brand Fall in Eyez on the November 2011 issue of the Koakuma Ageha magazine ("son-wei", p.114)
  7. ^ a b c d "That Mysterious Popular Singer Was In Fact, 'Wei Son'", December 26, 2008, Barks (in Japanese)
  8. ^ 私服♪肌について☆ [いーちゃんＢＬＯＧ] [About my personal clothes♪ and skin✰ (Dairen, Niigata, Saitama)]. Official blog by Wei Son (in Japanese). November 27, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. or "Wei Son's message arrives✰" (Dalian), January 24, 2011, Shibuhara Girls, MTV Japan (in Japanese)
  9. ^ "Hi I Am A Cat!"[usurped], 13 April 2011, Joins MSN (in Korean)
  10. ^ "Launching 'PopSister'", April 17, 2010, Model Press (in Japanese)
  11. ^ "A total of 9 'Popteen' models attend the Shanghai Expo's event!", April 30, 2010, Model Press (in Japanese)
  12. ^ "Model profiles : Wei Son", Shibuya Girls Collection (in Japanese)
  13. ^ "Wei Son", TV Star Web Directory, Tokyo News Service (in Japanese)
  14. ^ "Former 'Popteen' model joins a popular magazine", 7 April 2012, Model Press (in Japanese)
  15. ^ "Model Profiles : Wei Son", May 2010, Girls Award 2010 (in Japanese) and Dance@TV official, TV Tokyo (in Japanese)
  16. ^ "Wei Son's message arrives✰", January 24, 2011, Shibuhara Girls, MTV Japan (in Japanese)
  17. ^ "Cast Profile", Shibuhara Girls, MTV Japan (in Japanese)
  18. ^ "No-Cut Interview : Wei Sun", 9 February 2011, Daily No-Cut News (in Korean)
  19. ^ "Wei Son x magazine 'Maps'", April 13, 2011, Shibuhara Girls, MTV Japan (in Japanese)
  20. ^ "Wei Son x magazine 'Men's Health'", April 15, 2011, Shibuhara Girls, MTV Japan (in Japanese)
  21. ^ "Wei Son's magazine collaboration in South Korea!", April 7, 2011, Shibuhara Girls, MTV Japan (in Japanese)
  22. ^ "Popular model 'Wei Son' debuts as a singer", December 25, 2008, Oricon News (in Japanese)
  23. ^ "Popular model Wei Son holds a commemorative hand-shaking event, taking over Shibuya", February 21, 2009, NTV News 24 (in Japanese)
  24. ^ "Sweet Song", Oricon (in Japanese)
  25. ^ "Kyo Son reveals a picture taken with her twin little sister, getting response of 'OMG'", 21 September 2011, Excite News, Model Press (in Japanese)
  26. ^ "Beautiful mama-model succeeded in losing 16 kgs after childbirth! and reveals its secrets", 27 May 2011, Biglobe Kirei Style News, Model Press (in Japanese)
  27. ^ "Beautiful twin-models made their first co-appearance, revealing a look-alike photo, 'feel something like strange'", 20, May, 2013, Model Press (in Japanese)

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