Lalla Hirayama
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Lalla Hirayama | |
| Born |
10 February 1988 Hiratsuka, Kanagawa-Ken, Japan |
| Residence | South Africa |
| Other names | Ninja |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Lalla Hirayama is a Japanese born, South African TV presenter, actress, dancer and model. Best known for her current work as co-host of the live celeb gossip show V- Entertainment on DSTV's 'Vuzu TV' channel and a judge on SA’s Got Talent and the host of her very own travel and movies show LALLALAND across all 9 Mnet Movies channels.
She first appeared on South African screens at the age of 15 as a presenter for the daily kids time channel, 'Craz-e' on E-TV. After staying at 'Craz-e' for 4 years, Lalla was head hunted to SABC1 as a live continuity presenter and brand ambassador. She also appeared as one of the main presenters of Winikhaya, which played out on all SABC channels. A year later she played the role of 'Felicia' on E-TV's prime time soapie 'Rhythm City' Lalla also appeared as a dark angel on the E-TV show 'Axe Dark Angels' During this time Lalla also began presenting the show 'Scar Tissue' for the new DSTV channel 'Vuzu TV' , soon after which she joined the prime time, live celeb gossip show 'V-Entertainment' as well as becoming a live continuity presenter for the channel. While on Vuzu, Lalla played the role of 'Bianca' on the bio-weekly soapie 'Zone 14' on SABC 1 and a few months later she joined the 'Tropica Island of Treasure' team and co-hosted the 3rd season, which aired on E-TV alongside DJ Fresh in Phuket, Thailand. Lalla co-hosted the reality hip-hop dance show 'Masters of Rhythm' on Vuzu from mid 2011.
Lalla is known for her live hosting skill on the red carpet from the annual Channel O awards, Durban July and J&B Met. Lalla continues as one of the main faces on Vuzu TV hosting 'V-Entertainment' and prime time continuity, and interviewing celebrities on red carpets around South Africa. Also co hosting the live broadcast of the 2015 Miss South Africa beauty pageant
In 2009 Lalla featured in the FHM calendar, and voted #15 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World and #14 in 2010. She also featured in the yearly FHM Lingerie supplement in 2010 and is regularly featured in the magazine.
Lalla is known for her fashion sense and style and has won Glamour magazines ‘Most Glamorous’ award, ‘Best Innovative Style’ at the SA Style Awards and ‘Most Stylish’ at the G4 Sports awards.
Lalla has a very strong professional dance background. She trained classically from the age of 4 in Ballet, Tap, Modern, Contemporary, Spanish and Jazz. She began teaching in Japan at the age of 14. Whilst in Japan she was exposed to the Hip-Hop scene and upon returning to South Africa Lalla co-founded S.A's first mix style hip hop dance crew "Clinch" From the age of 16 Lalla danced professionally for South African artists such as, Lebo Mathosa, Loyiso Bala, Bianca Le Grange, Danny K, Skwatta Kamp, Pro Kid, Jozi, Relo, Slikour to name a few.
′Lalla embodies the term 'child of the rainbow nation' with her very interesting ethnic and cultural mix. Having been born in Japan, lived in Australia, and grew up mostly in S.A and is able to balance a Western, Asian and African way of life. With that said she is well known to be very patriotic which led to Lalla creating the "AID4JAPAN' campaign early in 2011 just after the tragic tsunami and nuclear disaster that took place in her home country. Working with the Japanese Embassy and the Japanese Red Cross the campaign managed to raise funds for the Japanese people that were left devastated.
Filmography
| Show | Role | Season/Episode | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| V-Entertainment | Herself | Seasons 3–7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tropika Island of Treasure | Herself | Season 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Hustle | Herself | Season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Channel O Africa Music Video Awards | Herself | Seasons 8–9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The AXE Sweet Life | Herself | Season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strictly Come Dancing | Herself | Season 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ScreenTime with Nicky Greenwall | Herself | Season 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SA's Got Talent | Herself | Seasons 5–6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters of Rhythm | Herself | Season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss South Africa | Herself | Season 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhythm City | Felicia | Season 1 | – | Craz-e | Herself | Season 10-14 | – | Scar Tissue | Herself | Season 1-2 | – | SABC 1 Continuity | Herself | Season 20-21 | – | DJ on Good Hope FM | Herself | The Full House S1 | – | LallaLAND | Herself | Season 1- |
| Zone14 | Bianca | Season 4 |