| Lena Fujii (藤井リナ) |
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| Born | July 2, 1984 Kawasaki City, Japan |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| Eye color | Dark brown |
| Measurements | 84 - 57 - 87 (cm) |
| Weight | 43 kg |
Lena Fujii (藤井リナ Fujii Rina), born on July 2, 1984 in Kawasaki City, Japan, is a Japanese commercial fashion model, singer and actress. She is managed by Stardust Promotion Agency and sometimes goes by the name 'LENA'. Fujii was scouted in Harajuku and is best known for her work for Japanese fashion magazine ViVi.
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Fujii's father is of mixed Japanese descent, and her mother is Japanese. Fujii has a younger brother named Arthur and a toy poodle named Tiffany. As a high school student, Fujii travelled to Switzerland to study English, as she recalls being bullied by her Japanese classmates who would make comments such as "You're a fat one [foreigner] but you don't speak English". However in Switzerland she was also subject to bullying and racism, particularly from one female classmate, who would make racist comments.
When Fujii initially entered into her management company, her debut coincided with two other new models and Fujii recalls getting the least amount of work between the three of them. However, she has gone on to become a renowned model in Japan, and is arguably one of the best known Japanese models both in and outside of Japan.
Fujii is a regular top print model for Japanese fashion magazines ViVi and sweet, as well as appearing in other magazines like VOCE, Lip, spring, and Cutie. Fujii is also the spokesmodel for Canmake Cosmetics and has previously been a spokemodel for the lingerie brand Peach John. Fujii has also done television commercials for McDonald's and Panasonic. Fujii was featured on the covers of DJ Kawasaki's albums Beautiful and Beautiful Too, where she was a vocalist in the song "Bright like Light feat. Lena Fujii". Kawasaki later went on to produce Fujii's debut 7-song house/techno album, titled Lena on April 2, 2008. Her 1st Photo Book titled Lena was released the same month on April 14, 2008. On July 2, 2008, Fujii released a compilation album, ViVi presents Holiday Style - selected by Lena Fujii .
On July 11, 2009, Fujii held her first live concert at Luxy, a nightclub in Taipei, Taiwan. The day beforehand at a press conference for the concert, it was reported that Fujii attracted over one hundred members of the media to the meeting. On November 4 of 2009, Fujii released her second album titled Rainbow, in which she performed a cover of Rihanna's hit song 'Pon de Replay'. On April 10, 2010, Fujii released her second photo book No Make. Fujii also produces her own jewellery line, titled Lounsbery.