Stephanie Topalian
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Stephanie Nonoshita Topalian August 5, 1987 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | www |
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| Genres | Pop |
| Labels | SME Records |
| Associated acts | Genealogy |
Stephanie Topalian (Armenian: Ստեֆանի Թոփալյան) Western Armenian Սթեֆանի Թօփալեան, professionally known as Stephanie (ステファニー (Sutefanī), born August 5, 1987) is an American singer and actress of Armenian and Japanese descent. Stephanie is signed with SME Records Japan (part of Sony Music). She released two albums, self-titled Stephanie in 2008 and Colors of my Voice in 2009 and has won the Japanese Music Awards in 2007. A number of her songs have been featured in Japanese films and she has also taken roles in a few Japanese films, notably Pride and Tokyo Tribe. In 2014, she was included in the Armenian super group project Genealogy to represent Armenia in the 2015 version of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Face the Shadow".
She was born to a Japanese mother and an Armenian American father in Los Angeles, California. Although Stephanie is residing in Japan she has a strong commitment to her Armenian background and is very attached to her grandparents. Her paternal grandfather Jean Pierre Topalian was from France and her grandmother Koharik Mikaelian Topalian was born in Lebanon. Her Armenian grandparents had relocated to the United States from Lebanon, choosing final destination and place of dwell the state of Wisconsin. She heard many stories about the Armenian Genocide – a historical event that changed so many destinies; including her grandparents’. Those stories led to the enhancement of her consciousness on the issue and despite being far from homeland Stephanie is true to her Armenian roots and is a keen learner of the culture and history. Stephanie graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University Law School. She is bilingual, and speaks Japanese and English.
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