Anna Umemiya
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese television personality
and model
. Born in Tokyo
, she is the daughter of a Japanese father and an American mother, herself a former model. Her father, Tatsuo Umemiya, is an actor.
Umemiya has a daughter, Momoka, by her former husband, identified only as "Mr C", whom she divorced on 28 January 2003 after an 18-month marriage.
Tarento
is a Japanese rendering of the English word "talent" and is used as a catch-all term for mass media personalities who regularly appear on television. Detractors of the phenomenon have referred to it in an English sense as "famous just for being famous" because many that fall into this career line...
and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
. Born in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, she is the daughter of a Japanese father and an American mother, herself a former model. Her father, Tatsuo Umemiya, is an actor.
Umemiya has a daughter, Momoka, by her former husband, identified only as "Mr C", whom she divorced on 28 January 2003 after an 18-month marriage.
Publications
- Anna: Ai no Nikki (アンナ 愛の日記 (Anna - Diary of Love)) photo book (1995, Shinchosha, ISBN 978-4103262046)
- "Minikui Ahiru no Ko" datta Watashi (「みにくいあひるの子」だった私 (I Used to be an Ugly Duckling)) (2001, Kodansha, ISBN 978-4062106658)