Gina Hiraizumi is this week’s Friday Feature. The 27-year-old Japanese American actress, in addition to her singing career, has also appear in movies and on TV. You may have seen her as the beauty queen in the movie Only the Brave, starring Jason Scott Lee, about the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Hiraizumi trained at the Julliard School in New York, is a classically trained pianist and has sung the national anthem at the Staples Center and Madison Square Garden. In 2008, she released her single “Unmei no Ai” (Destiny) which featured Jason Scott Lee in the music video. She is currently negotiating a record deal in Japan.
Here’s Gina starring in a few commercials:
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And here she is again performing at the Nikkei International Concert:
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