Anna Tsuchiya (土屋 アンナ, Tsuchiya Anna, born March 11, 1984)
is a Japanese singer, actress and semi-retired model of Irish and
Polish descent. Since 2005, she is primarily known as a
singer.Tsuchiya was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American
father of Irish and Polish descent (the surname of her father is
Hider). In her earliest years, she spoke English and Japanese.
Tsuchiya's parents divorced when she was seven. She has an older
sister, Angela.Tsuchiya's modeling career began at the age of fourteen
after her older sister Angela, a former fashion model, suggested it.
She entered her sister's former agency and was picked up by an agent
who specialized in magazine-modeling and her first jobs consisted of
modeling for an open collection in Kobe and for Japanese Seventeen in
1998. Demand for her grew and by 2002, she was doing television ads
for Uniqlo and Edwin.Tsuchiya spent her mid-teens modeling and made
friends, notably Yoshika and soon she began to stay at their
apartments. It has been reported that she also began smoking and
drinking around this time.
is a Japanese singer, actress and semi-retired model of Irish and
Polish descent. Since 2005, she is primarily known as a
singer.Tsuchiya was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American
father of Irish and Polish descent (the surname of her father is
Hider). In her earliest years, she spoke English and Japanese.
Tsuchiya's parents divorced when she was seven. She has an older
sister, Angela.Tsuchiya's modeling career began at the age of fourteen
after her older sister Angela, a former fashion model, suggested it.
She entered her sister's former agency and was picked up by an agent
who specialized in magazine-modeling and her first jobs consisted of
modeling for an open collection in Kobe and for Japanese Seventeen in
1998. Demand for her grew and by 2002, she was doing television ads
for Uniqlo and Edwin.Tsuchiya spent her mid-teens modeling and made
friends, notably Yoshika and soon she began to stay at their
apartments. It has been reported that she also began smoking and
drinking around this time.
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